IDENTITY
节jiéfestival; knot; to save
HSK 2Top 250
CORE MEANING
festival; knot; to save
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.festivalHSK2
- 2.to saveHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 艹grass radical (cǎo)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱艹⿱𠃌丨
- plants
- gives the sound jié (historical)
USAGE
Common words
节日jiérìfestival
春节ChūnjiéSpring Festival
节约jiéyuēto save
Graded examples
春节时家家都很热闹。Chūnjié shí jiājiā dōu hěn rènao.HSK3
During Spring Festival every home is lively.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A bamboo (𠂎) shoot under the grass (艹) — a joint, a season mark, a festival. (From 節.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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