徹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テツJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • てっ
  • とおる
Other languages
  • 拼音che4
  • 한글cheol
  • Hán-ViệtTriệt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
⺍(つかんむり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5FB9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彳𰕎

Words using this kanji

  • 徹底てっていなこともず、完璧に行うこと。thoroughness, completeness, consistency, thorough enforcement
  • 徹夜てつや一晩寝ないで朝を迎えること。staying up all night
  • 徹するてっする他のことはせずそればかりに関わる。考えや態度を曲げない。 (主に抽象的なものが)貫いてとおる。染み入る。 (主に物理的なものが)貫いてとおる。染み入る。to penetrate, to sink in, to devote oneself (to), to do intently and exclusively
  • 徹底的てっていてき漏れのないように注意し、できる限りの手を尽くして行われる様子。thorough, exhaustive, complete
  • 徹宵てっしょう一晩中起きていること。夜通し。徹夜。all night, without sleep
  • 徹見てっけんseeing clearly, seeing without obstruction, looking into every nook and corner
  • 徹甲てっこうarmor-piercing
  • 徹甲弾てっこうだんarmor piercing ammunition, armour piercing ammunition
  • 徹マンてつマンplaying mahjong all night
  • 徹カラてつカラall-night karaoke
  • 徹頭徹尾てっとうてつび始めから最後まで、ぶれることなく一貫して。thoroughly, through and through, out and out, in every way
  • 徹底抗戦てっていこうせんdo-or-die resistance, resistance to the bitter end
  • 徹底究明てっていきゅうめいthorough investigation, complete inquiry
  • 徹夜明けてつやあけafter staying up all night

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
2824.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3i12.2
Heisig
951
Nelson
1637