節

節 U+FA56, 節 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA56 ← 突 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 練 →

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 Dictionary: 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	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsiːɡ) : semantic ⺮ (“bamboo”) + phonetic 即 (OC *ʔsɯɡ). It represents the "node" of bamboo, and by extension, signifies a segment or boundary.^[1]

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國全國人民代表大會 [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

    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

• “節”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #9835”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Shinjitai	節
Kyūjitai [1]	節 節 or 節+︀?
	節󠄁 節+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	節󠄅 節+󠄅? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
	節󠄂 節+󠄂? (Adobe-Japan1)
	節󠄄 節+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fourth grade 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)

From Old Japanese 節 (ふし, pusi); attested in the Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki of 794 as 布之.^[2][3] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *pusi. Possibly derived from Old Japanese 節 (ふ, pu).

• (Tokyo) ふし (Odaka – )^[2][4][5][6]
• IPA^(key):

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 (Atamadaka – )^[6]
• IPA^(key):

節(せつ) • (setsu) 

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

From Middle Chinese 節 (MC tset).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

節

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.

Cognate with Japanese 節(ふし) (fushi).

節(ぶし) (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】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

From Proto-Japonic *pusi. Perhaps from pu below.

節 (pusi) (kana ふし)

1. joint

   朝暮爾滿來潮之八隔浪爾靡珠藻乃節間毛惜命乎露霜之過麻之爾家礼

   ASA YO₁PI₁ ni MI₁TIKURU SIPO NO₂ YApe₁NAMI₁ ni NABI₁KU TAMAMO no₂ PUSI NO₂ MA mo WOSIKI₁ INO₂TI wo TUYUSIMO NO₂ SUGI₂masinike₁re

   In morning and evening, in the many waves of the full tide, the precious bowing seaweed's joint must also pass by the dew and frost's precious life!

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4211:
2. reasoning

   文理 合文也 又理者云布之又天文地理也

   Reasoning (lit. put in a reason or add to a reason), this process is called pusi, and also said of heaven and earth.

   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:

• Japanese: 節 (fushi)

節 (pu) (kana ふ)

1. joint
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, poem 91, first variant:

     於彌能姑能耶賦能之魔柯枳始陀騰余瀰那爲我與釐拠魔耶黎夢之魔柯枳

     omi₁ no₂ ko₁ no₂ yapu no₂ sibakaki₁ sita to₂yo₂mi₁ nawi ga yo₂riko₂ba yaremu sibakaki₁

     The eight-fold fastening fence Of the Omi's child Should an earthquake come, shaking, Reverberating below, 'Twill be a ruined fastening fence.

節: Hán Nôm readings: tiết

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