Japanese symbol for “thoroughness”
徹底
てってい
Romaji: tettei
thoroughness; completeness; consistency
In Japanese, thoroughness is 徹底, read てってい (tettei).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs thoroughness; completeness; consistency
- n, vi, vs thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “thoroughness”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十全 | じゅうぜん juuzen | perfection; thoroughness; consummation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹夜 | てつや tetsuya | staying up all night |
| 徹する | てっする tessuru | to penetrate; to sink in |
| 冷徹 | れいてつ reitetsu | cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed |
| 徹底的 | てっていてき tetteiteki | thorough; exhaustive; complete |
| 貫徹 | かんてつ kantetsu | accomplishment; realization; attainment |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 到底 | とうてい toutei | (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all |
| 根底 | こんてい kontei | root; basis; foundation |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.