Medoru
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徹
JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #968

Meanings

Penetrate, Clear, Pierce, Strike Home, Sit Up (all Night)

Radicals

彳

Decomposition

⿲彳育攵

Etymology

Pictophonetic: cut

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left
2 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 vertical bottom-to-top
4 vertical right-to-left
5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
9 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
10 horizontal bottom-to-top
11 horizontal bottom-to-top
12 diagonal right-to-left
13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
14 diagonal right-to-left
15 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
テツ tetsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

38 words total
Other (20 words)
貫徹 かんてつ

accomplishment

周知徹底 しゅうちてってい

making (something) known to everyone

初志貫徹 しょしかんてつ

carrying out one's original intention

徹夜 てつや

staying up all night

徹底 てってい

thoroughness

徹甲弾 てっこうだん

armor piercing ammunition

徹宵 てっしょう

all night

徹頭徹尾 てっとうてつび

thoroughly

徹頭徹尾 てっとうてつび

thoroughly

透徹 とうてつ

transparency

不徹底 ふてってい

inconsistent

冷徹 れいてつ

cool-headed

徹する てっする

to penetrate

老いの一徹 おいのいってつ

obstinacy of old age

透徹した とうてつした

clear

頑固一徹 がんこいってつ

stubborn

徹底抗戦 てっていこうせん

do-or-die resistance

一徹短慮 いってつたんりょ

stubborn and short-tempered

首尾貫徹 しゅびかんてつ

(logical) consistency

正直一徹 しょうじきいってつ

stubbornly honest

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