Word Meaning 節句

せっく sekku

節句 is read as せっく (sekku) and means seasonal festival.

Meaning

English

seasonal festival

Reading

Kana

せっく

Romaji

sekku

Writing Variants

節供せっく sekku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 8117 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

節句働き

せっくばたらき

working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

初節句

はつぜっく

baby's first annual festival

三月の節句

さんがつのせっく

Girls' Festival (March 3)

五月の節句

ごがつのせっく

Boy's Festival

七種の節句

ななくさのせっく

Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (one of the five seasonal festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar)

女の節句

おんなのせっく

Girl's Festival (March 3)

男の節句

おとこのせっく

Boys' Day celebration (May 5)

端午の節句

たんごのせっく

Boys' Day celebration (May 5)

桃の節句

もものせっく

Doll's Festival (March 3)

菊の節句

きくのせっく

Chrysanthemum Festival (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)

句節

くせつ

phrases and clauses

節分

せちぶ

last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)