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5 strokes · radical 艹 · HSK 2 · traditional 節
13 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 节
A way to remember it
A joint in a bamboo stalk — the place the plant pauses before growing on. From the joint came the section, the festival, and the restraint in 节约.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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festival; joint
jié — festival; joint
Radical 艹 · 5 strokes · HSK 2 · traditional 節
13 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 节
A way to remember itA joint in a bamboo stalk — the place the plant pauses before growing on. From the joint came the section, the festival, and the restraint in 节约.