节 (jié): meaning and stroke order
节 (jié) means joint; node, (bound form) section; segment.
节
- Simplified
- 节
- Traditional
- 節
- Pinyin
- jié · jiē
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Stroke order of 节
节
- jiē see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- jié joint; node; (bound form) section; segment
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 節
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Meaning of 节
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jié
Traditional 節
- joint; node
- (bound form) section; segment
- solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
- seasonal festival
- (bound form) to economize; to save
- (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
- classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
- knot (nautical miles per hour)
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jiē
Traditional 節
- see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
Radical and structure
- 节
- Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 6 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 节
- 时节 shí jié season; time
- 春节 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- 中秋节 Zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
- 端午节 Duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
- 情节 qíng jié circumstances; plot; storyline
- 节目 jié mù (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event)
- 节约 jié yuē to economize; to conserve (resources)
- 细节 xì jié details; particulars
- 节省 jié shěng saving; to save
- 季节 jì jié time; season
- 节奏 jié zòu rhythm; tempo
- 节俭 jié jiǎn frugal; economical
节 in our stories
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第一节课，她准备了很多游戏，可是孩子们一个个低着头，谁都不肯开口。
dì-yī jié kè tā zhǔnbèi le hěn duō yóuxì kěshì háizimen yí gè gè dī zhe tóu shéi dōu bù kěn kāikǒu
For the first lesson she prepared lots of games, but the children all kept their heads down and none of them would say a word.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
Stories using 节
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).