| 446 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 552 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 523 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 731 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3402 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 683 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 800 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2215 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 464 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 472 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 699 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1482 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3336 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1729 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2349 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1476 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26102 | Morohashi |
| 2691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4299 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1464 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1574 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 607 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
934 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 節 【セツ】 occasion, time, section (of a literary work or piece of music), passage, paragraph, verse, stanza, clause, season, term, one's principles, integrity, node (of a plant stem), (taxonomical) section, knot (nautical mile per hour)
- 節減 【セツゲン】 retrenchment, curtailment, economy
- 結節 【ケッセツ】 knot, nodule, tubercule, node
- 国慶節 【コッケイセツ】 anniversary of founding (of PRC), national celebration time
- 節 【セチ】 season, time of the year, seasonal festival, seasonal banquet, seasonal feast
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 節 【ふし】 joint, knuckle, tune, melody, node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob, (notable) point, part, node
- 節目 【ふしめ】 turning point, critical juncture, knot (in a tree, etc.)
- 一節 【ひとふし】 one joint, one section, one tune, one piece, one measure, one piece (of dried bonito)
- 七節 【ななふし】 walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea), walkingstick, stick insect, leaf insect
- 節 【ノット】 knot (nautical mile per hour)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たかし
- Korean:
- jeol
Spanish
- estación
- periodo
- frase
- unión
- articulación
- melodía
- tono
- nudo
- entonación
Portuguese
- nó
- estação
- período
- ocasião
- verso
- cláusula
- stanza
- honra
- junta
- nó dos dedos
- maçaneta
- canção
- melodia
French
- noeud (vitesse)
- instant
- saison
- période
- occasion
- vers (poésie)
- stance
- honneur
- jointure
- articulation
- bosse
- air (musique)
- mélodie
| 2344 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-7 | SKIP code |
| 8872.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7bc0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
- 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
- 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
- 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction
Kun reading compounds
- 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
- 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
- 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
Readings
- Korean:
- gam
Spanish
- menguar
- decrecer
- disminuir
- resta
- acortar
Portuguese
- definhar
- decréscimo
- reduzir
- decadência
- encurtar
- obter
- com fome
French
- diminuer
- réduire
- décliner
- décroître
- avoir faim
| 775 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 693 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 667 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 533 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2637 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 610 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 694 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 715 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 728 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 430 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1219 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 436 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 548 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 372 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17759 | Morohashi |
| 601 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 366 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 391 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 753 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a9.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e1b | Unicode hex code |