徹 – penetrate, clear, pierce

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#968 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 徹 means penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テツ (tetsu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テツ	tetsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 月・亠・厶・彳・攵・乞.

Words using 徹

徹底てっていthoroughness徹夜てつやstaying up all night

Example sentences

生産性はオートメーションの徹底によって向上する。

Production improves by becoming more automatic.

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私はよく徹夜する。

I often stay up all night.

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Kanji with the same radical

後得役待復従彼徒徴律御徳微往径徐

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