festival
節 is a 13 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as jié in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as jiē.
In simplified Chinese the character 节 is used.
It is made up of the components ⺮ (bamboo) and 即 (immediately).
3 stories have been written about this character — see all
After the festival of kung-fu pandas, the fierce panda warriors immediately descended back into the bamboo forest to continue their training.
by rollredcat
At a [festival], if I smell BAMBOO shoots cooking, I worry they'll run out, so my strate[gy e]very time is to IMMEDIATELY get *up* and get in line.
by vms5q
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 節
Definitions for 節 pronounced as jié
- festival
- holiday
- node
- joint
- section
- segment
- part
- to economize
- to save
- to abridge
- moral integrity
- classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Definitions for 節 pronounced as jiē
- see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 節 — see all
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- program
- item (on a program)
- CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
- Valentine's Day
Collections
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2b - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language
by russell359 ※ 58 characters
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