節

node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セチセツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-ぶしのっとふし

Nanori (名乗り)

たかし

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:13

JLPT:N1

Frequency:934

Vocabulary

セチ

Word	Reading	Meaning
節分	セチブン	setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
節分	セチブ	setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
節会	セチエ	seasonal court banquet
節日	セチニチ	seasonal festival

セツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
関節	カンセツ	joint
季節	キセツ	season; time of year
使節	シセツ	envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
節減	セツゲン	retrenchment; curtailment; economy
節度	セツド	moderation; standard

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
お節介	おせっかい	meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
お節料理	おせちりょうり	osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
削り節	けずりぶし	flaked bonito
節	せつ	occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; paragraph; verse; stanza; clause; season; term; one's principles; integrity; node (of a plant stem); section (taxonomic rank); knot (nautical mile per hour)
節	ふし	joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint; knot (in wood); knob; (notable) point; part; node

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability

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pattern, example, model

token, sign, mark, tally, charm

writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting

instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt

fabricate, build, construct

simplicity, brevity

register, record book

etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar