JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 節: "node, season, period"
The kanji 節 means "node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read セツ, セチ in on'yomi and ふし, -ぶし, のっと in kun'yomi.
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
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セツセチ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふし-ぶしのっと
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
| Meaning | node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 934 of 2,501 |
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.
- 季節season; time of year
- 節joint; knuckle · tune; melody
- 関節joint
- 節約saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
- お節介meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference · meddler; buttinsky; busybody
- 節occasion; time · section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; paragraph; verse
- 調節regulation; adjustment; control
- 一節one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse
- その節at that time; that time
- 節度moderation; standard
- 節穴knothole; peep-hole · bad eyes; tunnel vision
- 節操integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle
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