Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

徹: penetrate, clear

Also: pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

彳 carries the meaning · 育 and 攵 are drawn in

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

テツtetsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 徹底てっていthoroughness; completeness; consistency
  • 徹夜てつや
  • 徹するてっするto penetrate; to sink in
  • 徹底的てっていてき
  • 冷徹れいてつcool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
  • 一徹いってつobstinate; stubborn; inflexible

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Take the first step on your journey! These three quick strokes show the left side of a bustling street or a person taking a brisk step forward.”
More in the 彳 step story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
彳

Also built on step (彳)

All 19
育

Also built on bring up (育)

攵

Also built on to strike (攵)

All 26

Also read テツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
徹 penetrate · 彳
vs撤 remove · 扌
徹 has 彳 where 撤 has 扌.
In ChineseSimplified 彻 · traditional, as in Japanese · chè

Japan keeps the traditional form 徹; mainland China simplifies it to 彻.

Simplified
彻 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
徹 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chè most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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