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節 means 'occasion'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 842   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-6    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 66 words   Used in 317 words   Used in 268 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セツ   セチ
Kun
   ふし occasion, time
Additional readings
Kun    -ぶし   のっと
Name    たかし
Variants
節   节 (Chinese)  
Components
⿱  ⺮ (竹) bamboo  即 an instant  
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See also
筋 muscle  範 example  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 節 is used 14 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 節 is used 307 times, read 4 ways (with 5 variations).
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セツ : 206 words FIND ALL
き せ つ 2 き せ つ 1
season
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セツ (read as せっ) : 38 words FIND ALL
せ っ く 0
noun
seasonal festival
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セチ : 3 words FIND ALL
お せ ち り ょ う り 4
noun
food served during the New Year's Holidays
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ふし : 24 words FIND ALL
ふ し 2
noun
1. joint; knuckle
2. tune; melody
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のっと : 1 word FIND ALL
の っ と 1
noun
knot (nautical mile per hour)  (often written with kana only)
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ふし (read as ぶし) : 31 words FIND ALL
け ず り ぶ し 0
noun
flaked bonito
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ふし (read as ぷし) : 2 words FIND ALL
ほ ね っ ぷ し 0
noun
1. joint (between bones)
2. backbone; spirit
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たかし: 1 word. FIND ALL
expression
successive teacher; successive master
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ぜっ: 1 word. FIND ALL
は つ ぜ っ く 3
Most common form: 初節供
noun
baby's first annual festival
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An additional 10 less common words include 節 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 552 (originally: 523)  Joy o' Kanji : 523  Key to Kanji: 623 

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節
セツ   セチ   ふし occasion, time   
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即
ソク    an instant   
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艮
good
卩
seal
⺮
bamboo
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