Memory phrase for the character: 節
節
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Meaning
occasion, season, node, joint, section
Pronunciation
SETSU, SECHI fushi
Explanation
Top: bamboo 竹 , below: immediate 即 (Not good 艮 , he shall bend 卩 - immediately!)
Mnemonic
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(Bamboo is very fast-growing.) Bamboo grows immediatly, at any occation of the seasons, because of its joints.
Radicals
竹
bamboo
艮
not good This radical 艮 is similar to good: 良 . But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"
卩
bent person Shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕 , sitting cross-legged 夂 , lying , kneeling ⺈ , skilled 才 , bending マ ,卩 , slumped 㔾 or husband 夫 )
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Vocabulary
節
ふし
tune, tone, knot, knob, point
4768
関節
かんせつ
joint (knee, elbow)
7862
季節
きせつ
season
1920
節約
せつやく
economising, saving
4769
使節
しせつ
envoy, embassy, mission, delegate
7637
節
せつ
tune, tone, knot, knob
4767
調節
ちょうせつ
regulation, adjustment, control
5603
節穴
ふしあな
knothole
7137
季節物
きせつもの
seasonal offers
7618
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