節

節 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹日戈中 (HAIL), four-corner 8872₇, composition ⿱𥫗即)

• 幯, 擳(𰓜), 櫛(栉), 瀄(𰛤), 癤(疖), 蠞(𬝋), 㘉(𠰱), 㦢, 㸅(𰞍), 䗻(𮔂), 䲙(𬶎)

• KangXi: page 891, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26102
• Dae Jaweon: page 1318, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2976, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7BC0
• Unihan data for U+FA56
• Unihan data for U+FAAD

Historical forms of the character 節
Warring States
Bronze inscriptions

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsiːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 即 (OC *ʔsɯɡ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsik.

節

1. knot; node
2. joint
3. segment
4. link
5. backbone; integrity; drive; spirit; ambition
6. circumstances; details; particulars
7. solar term (in the Chinese lunisolar calendar)
8. time period; season; division
9. festival; celebration; holiday; - Day

   聖誕節／圣诞节  ―  shèngdànjié  ―  Christmas

10. etiquette; formality
11. (of law or treaty) section

    第三章國家機構第一節全國人民代表大會第五十七條中華人民共和国全國人民代表大會 [MSC, trad.]
    第三章国家机构第一节全国人民代表大会第五十七条中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会 [MSC, simp.]

    Dìsān zhāng guójiā jīgòu Dìyī jié Quánguórénmíndàibiǎodàhuì Dì wǔshíqī tiáo Zhōnghuárénmíngònghéguó Quánguórénmíndàibiǎodàhuì [Pinyin]

    Chapter III The Structure of the State; Section 1 The National People's Congress; Article 57 The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (from the Constitution of the People's Republic of China)

12. (historical) Short for 符節／符节 (fújié, “tally used as proof of authorization”).
13. (music) beat; rhythm
14. (unit of speed) knot
15. Classifier for segments, such as batteries, lessons, train carriages, paragraphs, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
16. 60th hexagram of the I Ching.
17. to constrain; to limit; to control
18. to save; to use sparingly
19. a surname

• “Entry #9835”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 節)

1. node
2. joint; section
3. season
4. verse (part of a song), stanza (part of a poem)

• Go-on: せち (sechi, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふし (fushi, 節, Jōyō); ふ (fu, 節); よ (yo, 節); ノット (notto, 節)
• Nanori: お (o); さだ (sada); たか (taka); たかし (takashi); たけ (take); とき (toki); とも (tomo); のり (nori); ふ (fu); ふし (fushi); ほど (hodo); まこと (makoto); みさ (misa); みさお (misao); みね (mine); もと (moto); よ (yo); よし (yoshi)

• (Tokyo) ふし​ [fùshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɕi]

節(ふし) • (fushi) 

1. a knuckle, a joint
2. melody

   A(エー)に節(ふし)をつける

   ē ni fushi o tsukeru

   set A to tune

3. point
4. section

• (Tokyo) せ​つ [séꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨᵝ]

節(せつ) • (setsu) 

1. occasion, time
2. a person's principles
3. paragraph, stanza, clause

From Middle Chinese 節 (MC t͡set̚).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Wikisource 節 (eumhun 마디 절 (madi jeol))

1. Hanja form^? of 절 (“node; joint; incision”).
2. Hanja form^? of 절 (“verse; beat”).
3. Hanja form^? of 절 (“anniversary”).
4. Hanja form^? of 절 (“etiquette”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Related to Japanese 節 (fushi).

節 (hiragana ぶし, rōmaji bushi)

1. a song, poem or musical piece
2. a term used in titles to denote a poetic or musical piece

   暁 (あかちち)節 (ぶし)

   akachichi bushi

   Dawn song (a traditional Okinawan musical piece)

• ぶし【節】 — JLect Dictionary

節: Hán Nôm readings: tiết

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