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Kanji Detail for 徹 - "thorough, to permeate"

徹

  • Meaning

    徹 means "thorough, to permeate." Also associated with consistent.

    1. Penetrate - To pass through; to pierce.

    2. Thorough - Complete in every respect; exhaustive.

    3. Consistent - Remaining the same throughout.

    4. Clear - Transparent; unobstructed.

  • Words using 徹

    • 徹底 てってい Listen thoroughness; completeness; consistency
    • 徹夜 てつや Listen staying up all night
    • 徹する てっする Listen to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to)
    • 徹底的 てっていてき Listen thorough; exhaustive; complete

  • Four-character idioms with 徹

    • 凡事徹底 ぼんじてってい Listen doing mundane things properly and thoroughly; thoroughness in all things; attention to detail
    • 初志貫徹 しょしかんてつ Listen carrying out one's original intention
    • 周知徹底 しゅうちてってい Listen making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination
    • 大悟徹底 たいごてってい Listen attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening
    • 徹頭徹尾 てっとうてつび Listen thoroughly; through and through; out and out
    • 頑固一徹 がんこいってつ Listen stubborn; obstinate; adamant

  • Tattoo check: 徹

    • Verified meaning: thorough, to permeate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, いたる, おさむ, ちょる)
    • Also carries these associations: consistent

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 徹

    Given names 徹(あきら)Listen 徹(おさむ)Listen 徹(ちょる)Listen 徹(つよし)Listen 徹(てつ)Listen 徹(てつじ)Listen 徹(とうる)Listen 徹(とおる)Listen

    Surnames 徹(いたる)Listen 徹(みち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    penetrate, pervade; penetrating

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    penetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass through

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To penetrate. Such as 貫徹, 透徹, meaning penetrating without obstruction. | The name for Zhou field tax. Eight families shared a well, each receiving 100 mu of land. The center was public land. They worked together, and the harvest was equally divided; the public field's produce became the tax. | To remove. (Analects) "The Three Families used the Yong hymn for removing." Like saying "to clear away." | To strip. (Book of Odes) "Strip that mulberry bark." Meaning to peel off mulberry bark.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tetsu(テツ) テツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords

    thorough consistent to permeate clear fulfill pierce reach transcend penetrate go through complete comprehensive deep detailed exhaustive meticulous penetrating profound rigorous intensive

Sentences including 徹

  • You had better study english thoroughly.

  • Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?

  • I haven't had enough sleep because i sat up all night.

  • Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?

  • He sat up all night reading a novel.

  • I sat up all night.

  • I worked all night.

  • I sat up all last night reading a novel.

  • He worked all night so that he could get the job done in time.

  • I'm used to working all night.

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