徹 — kanji meaning “penetrate”
徹
penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)
- Meanings
- penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)
- On'yomi
- テツ (tetsu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- あき、つ、てっ、とおる
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #968 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 60
- Chinese reading
- chè — Chinese character page
Words with 徹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness; completeness; consistency |
| 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 |
| 一徹 | いってつ ittetsu | obstinate; stubborn; inflexible |
| 透徹 | とうてつ toutetsu | transparency |
| 徹頭徹尾 | てっとうてつび tettoutetsubi | thoroughly; through and through; out and out |
| 不徹底 | ふてってい futettei | inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing |
| 徹マン | てつマン tetsuman | playing mahjong all night |
| 一徹者 | いってつもの ittetsumono | stubborn person; diehard |
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