節

音読おんよみ: セツ

訓読くんよみ: ふし

画数かくすう: 13 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 竹(たけかんむり)

Meaning

Season / Section / Joint / Tune / Occasion

  • 季節きせつ — season
  • 関節かんせつ — joint (body)
  • 音節おんせつ — syllable
  • 節約せつやく — saving; economizing
  • ふし — joint; node; melody
  • 節分せつぶん — Setsubun (seasonal division)
  • 節目ふしめ — milestone; turning point
  • 節電せつでん — power saving

節 uses the bamboo radical ⺮ with phonetic 即 (セツ). Bamboo’s nodes are “joints,” which extend metaphorically to beats/tunes in music, sections in text or speech, and divisions of time.

いまはる季節きせつです。
It’s spring season now.

ふしのある音楽おんがくきです。
I like music with a strong melody.

季
Creates
季節きせつ — season
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