節句
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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節 | 句 |
せつ > せっ Grade: 4 |
く Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 節供
Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage using Middle Chinese-derived components, possibly derived as a portmanteau or contraction from 節 (setsu, “season”) + 供御 (kugo, “offering of food or drink”). Compound of 節 (setsu, “season”) + 供 (ku, “offering”), in reference to offerings of food and drink made by the nobility to shrines and temples for the seasonal celebrations.
The use of 句 to spell the ku portion is an example of ateji.
Pronunciation
Noun
節句 (hiragana せっく, rōmaji sekku)
Synonyms
- (seasonal festival day): 節日 (sechinichi)
- (break): 骨休め (hone yasume)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 節句銭 (sekkusen): in the Edo period, a special payment made from renters to landlords on the day of sekku
- 節句始め (sekku hajime): a child's first sekku after being born: 3 March for girls, 5 May for boys
- 節句働き (sekkubataraki): working on a sekku holiday while everyone else is off work
- 初節句 (hatsuzekku): a child's first sekku after being born: 3 March for girls, 5 May for boys
- 五節句 (go sekku, “go sekku”): the five major sekku during the year: 人日 (Jinjitsu) on 7 January, 上巳 (Jōshi) on 3 March, 端午 (Tango) on 5 May, 七夕 (Tanabata) on 7 July, and 重陽 (Chōyō) on 9 September
- 煤取り節供 (Susutori Sekku): a housecleaning (specifically soot cleaning) ceremony held on 13 December in preparation for New Years
- 綱打ち節供 (Tsunauchi Sekku): a ceremony in fishing villages for making the rope and line used for the year, held on 20 January
- 穂垂れ節供 (Hotare Sekku): a second New Years, formerly held on 14 or 15 January of the lunar calendar, marking the first full moon of the year
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