Kanji 節: "node, season, period"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 節

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 季き節せつseason; time of year
• 節ふしjoint; knuckle · tune; melody
• 関かん節せつjoint
• 節せつ約やくsaving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
• お節せっ介かいmeddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference · meddler; buttinsky; busybody
• 節せつoccasion; time · section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; paragraph; verse
• 調ちょう節せつregulation; adjustment; control
• 一いっ節せつone passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse
• その節せつat that time; that time
• 節せつ度どmoderation; standard
• 節ふし穴あなknothole; peep-hole · bad eyes; tunnel vision
• 節せっ操そうintegrity; fidelity; constancy; principle

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