jié, jiē
holiday
Original meaning:
bamboo joint
Simplified form of 節. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.
艹 Meaning Simplified component
cao, cǎo
grass
Shorthand for the ⺮ component in the traditional character 節.
卩 Sound Simplified component
jié
person kneeling
Shorthand for the 即 component in the traditional character 節.

Bronze script
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMeaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
HSK level 2
Appears in 68.3486% of movies
402nd most common character in movies
514th most common character in books
Strokes | 5 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8282 |
