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節
節
Translingual
Han character
節 (radical 118 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹日戈中 (HAIL), four-corner 88727, composition ⿱⺮即)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 891, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26102
- Dae Jaweon: page 1318, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2976, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7BC0
Chinese
| trad. | 節 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 节 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (即) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 卪 | *ʔsiːɡ |
| 癤 | *ʔsiːɡ |
| 幯 | *ʔsiːɡ |
| 節 | *ʔsiːɡ |
| 蝍 | *ʔsiːɡ, *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ |
| 蠞 | *ziːɡ |
| 堲 | *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ, *zɯɡ |
| 唧 | *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ |
| 楖 | *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsriɡ, *ʔsɯɡ |
| 揤 | *ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ |
| 櫛 | *ʔsriɡ |
| 瀄 | *ʔsriɡ |
| 擳 | *ʔsriɡ |
| 即 | *ʔsɯɡ |
| 鯽 | *ʔsɯɡ, *ʔseɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsiːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 即 (OC *ʔsɯɡ).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsik.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zit3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiet
- Min Nan (POJ): chat / cheh / choeh / chiat
- Wu (Wiktionary): jiq (T4)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
- Wade-Giles: chieh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zit3
- Yale: jit
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzit8
- IPA (key): /t͡siːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiet
- Hakka Romanization System: jied`
- Hagfa Pinyim: jiad5
- IPA: /t͡ɕi̯et̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat
- Tâi-lô: tsat
- Phofsit Daibuun: zad
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sat̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sat̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sat̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sat̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheh
- Tâi-lô: tseh
- Phofsit Daibuun: zeq
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choeh
- Tâi-lô: tsueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoeq
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat
- Tâi-lô: tsiat
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciad
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
- Note: chat/cheh/choeh - vernacular, chiat - literary.
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jiq (T4)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 節 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɛ³⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/ ～日 /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ ～骨眼兒 |
|
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiə²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡siə⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡siɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡ɕie³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡sieʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕiʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕiaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡siəʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡seʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡siɛ⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡siet̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡siet̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sit̚³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sit̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sit̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/t͡siat̚³²/ /t͡sat̚³²/ 一～课 |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡saiʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/t͡sai²⁴/ 五一～ /t͡siɛ²⁴/ 動,～約 |
|
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/t͡siak̚²/ /t͡sak̚²/ /t͡soiʔ²/ |
|
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/t͡sit̚⁵/ /t͡se⁵⁵/ /tak̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 節 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 子結切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡set̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡set̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡set̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡siet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡siet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jie |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 節 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jié |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tset › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tsˤik/ |
| English | joint |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 節 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5713 |
| Phonetic component |
即 |
| Rime group |
質 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
節 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsiːɡ/ |
Definitions
節
- knot; node
- joint
- segment
- link
- backbone; integrity; drive; spirit; ambition
- circumstances; details; particulars
- time period; season; division of time
- festival; celebration; holiday; - Day
- etiquette; formality
- (historical) Short for 符節／符节 (“tally”).
- (music) beat; rhythm
- (unit of speed) knot
- Classifier for segments, such as batteries, lessons, train carriages, paragraphs, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 60th hexagram of the I Ching.
- to constrain; to limit; to control
- to save; to use sparingly
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 節
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Japanese
Kanji
節
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 節 |
|
ふし Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
節 (hiragana ふし, romaji fushi)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 節 |
|
せつ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi |
Noun
節 (hiragana せつ, romaji setsu)
Korean
Hanja
節 • (jeol) (hangeul 절, revised jeol, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)
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Usage notes
As a suffix, it can mean day.