Chinese symbol for “incisive”
透彻
tòu chè
Traditional: 透徹
penetrating; thorough; incisive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incisive is 透彻 (tòu chè), defined as: penetrating; thorough; incisive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “incisive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犀利 | xī lì | sharp; incisive |
| 锋利 (鋒利) | fēng lì | sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive |
| 精辟 (精闢) | jīng pì | clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive |
| 锐利 (銳利) | ruì lì | sharp; keen |
| 辟 (闢) | pì | to open (a door); to open up (for development) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 透彻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny |
| 渗透 (滲透) | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 透视 (透視) | tòu shì | (drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray |
| 彻底 (徹底) | chè dǐ | thorough; thoroughly |
| 贯彻 (貫徹) | guàn chè | to implement; to put into practice |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incisive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.