Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

撤: remove, withdraw

Also: disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 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

  • 撤退てったいevacuation; withdrawal; revocation
  • 撤廃てっぱいannulment; abolition; repeal
  • 撤回てっかいwithdrawal; retraction; revocation
  • 撤去てっきょremoval; taking away
  • 撤収てっしゅうremoval (of a building, equipment, etc.)
  • 撤兵てっぺいwithdrawal of troops

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

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
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
撤 remove · 扌
vs徹 penetrate · 彳
撤 has 扌 where 徹 has 彳.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chè

Same form: 撤 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
撤 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
撤 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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