One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 節 - "joint, season, section"

節

  • Meaning

    節 means "joint, season, section."

    1. Joint - Node of bamboo or plants; body joints.

    2. Season - Time period; seasonal division.

  • Words using 節

    • 季節 きせつ Listen season; time of year
    • 節目 ふしめ Listen turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
    • 使節 しせつ Listen envoy; ambassador; delegate
    • 節約 せつやく Listen saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
    • 関節 かんせつ Listen joint
    • 一節 いっせつ Listen one passage; one paragraph; one stanza
    • 節減 せつげん Listen retrenchment; curtailment; economy
    • 調節 ちょうせつ Listen regulation; adjustment; control

  • Four-character idioms with 節

    • 時世時節 ときよじせつ Listen times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel
    • 時節到来 じせつとうらい Listen the time has come (for, to, when ...); the time being ripe (for)
    • 枝葉末節 しようまっせつ Listen unimportant details; inessentials
    • 盤根錯節 ばんこんさくせつ Listen hard-to-penetrate event; hard-to-penetrate situation

  • Tattoo check: 節

    • Verified meaning: joint, season, section
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さだ, さだめ, せつ, せつじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 節

    Given names 節(さだめ)Listen 節(せつ)Listen 節(たかし)Listen 節(とも)Listen 節(まこと)Listen 節(みさお)Listen

    Surnames 節(さだ)Listen 節(せつじ)Listen 節(せつゆき)Listen 節(ただし)Listen 節(とき)Listen 節(ふし)Listen

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sechi(セチ) セチ

    setsu(セツ) セツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fushi(ふし) ふし

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    joint season section principle moderation bamboo node segment knot restraint occasion festival clause passage integrity temperance

Sentences including 節

  • We had better save our time and money.

  • It's the best season of the year.

  • Spring is the best season to visit kyoto.

  • If you make your own clothes , it will save you money.

  • The first season of the year is spring.

  • We used the computer in order to save time.

  • Thank you for all you did for me that time.

  • This country has four seasons.

  • This computer saves a great deal of time.

  • Spring is the season i like the best.

More kanji with the radical 竹 (take・takekammuri)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link