Hanja Analyzer
節

節 — jeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마디 절
Romanization
jeol
English
knot, node, joint; section; hexagram ䷻
Mandarin
jié
Japanese on'yomi
セツ, セチ
Japanese kun'yomi
ふし -ぶし のっと
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#934 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
竹 (118, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
即(즉)
Unicode
U+7BC0

Parts that make up 節

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 即 곧 즉sound 밥그릇 앞에 다가앉은 사람곧. ‘즉·절’ 계열의 소리

How 節 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 節 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 即.

Korean example words with 節

  • 절용節用 Korean gloss: 아껴 씀
  • 가절佳節 Korean gloss: 좋은 명절
  • 고절高節 Korean gloss: 높은 절개
  • 시절時節 Korean gloss: 세상의 형편
  • 한절寒節 Korean gloss: 추운 겨울철
  • 당절當節 Korean gloss: 바로 그 시절
  • 충절忠節 Korean gloss: 충성스러운 절개
  • 동절冬節 Korean gloss: 계절이 겨울인 때
  • 정절貞節 Korean gloss: 여자의 곧은 절개
  • 하절夏節 Korean gloss: 계절이 여름인 때
  • 실절失節 Korean gloss: 절개를 지키지 못함
  • 절부節婦 Korean gloss: 절개를 지키는 부인

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 節

  • 季節きせつ season; time of year
  • 節せつ occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music)
  • 節目ふしめ turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
  • 使節しせつ envoy; ambassador; delegate
  • 節約せつやく saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
  • 関節かんせつ joint
  • 一節いっせつ one passage; one paragraph; one stanza
  • 調節ちょうせつ regulation; adjustment; control
  • 節減せつげん retrenchment; curtailment; economy
  • 節度せつど moderation; standard
  • 削り節けずりぶし flaked bonito
  • 節水せっすい saving water; water conservation; economizing on water

Characters sharing the phonetic 即

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “즉” in Korean.

Other hanja read “절”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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