The kanji 節: meaning, readings and stroke order
節
- Meaning
- joint, season
- On reading
- セツ setsu、セチ* sechi
- Kun reading
- ふし fushi
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 竹 bamboo
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 節
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đốt (tre), mùa (tiết)
- Japanese
- たけの ふし。きせつ。
- Korean
- 마디, 철 (절)
- Chinese
- 竹节、季节 (节)
Readings, words and example sentences
セツ setsu · on reading
季節
season
一年に 四つの 季節が あります。
There are four seasons in a year.
ふし fushi · kun reading · less common
節
joint, node (of bamboo)
竹の 節を 数えます。
I count the joints on the bamboo.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.