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徹

徹 — penetrate, clear, pierce

On
テツ
Strokes
15
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 徹

  • 徹底てっていthoroughness; completeness; consistencyCommon

    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.

  • 徹夜てつやstaying up all nightCommon

    私はよく徹夜する。
    I often stay up all night.

  • 徹するてっするto penetrate; to sink inCommon

    大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。
    I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.

  • 貫徹かんてつaccomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment; achievementCommon
  • 徹底的てっていてきthorough; exhaustive; completeCommon
  • 冷徹れいてつcool-headed; level-headed; hard-headedCommon
  • 不徹底ふてっていinconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-wayOccasional
  • 一徹いってつobstinate; stubborn; inflexibleOccasional
  • 透徹とうてつtransparencyOccasional
  • 徹見てっけんseeing clearly; seeing without obstruction; looking into every nook and cornerRare
  • 二徹にてつstaying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighterRare
  • 三徹さんてつstaying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighterRare
  • 正直一徹しょうじきいってつstubbornly honestRare
  • 徹甲てっこうarmor-piercingRare
  • 徹甲弾てっこうだんarmor piercing ammunition; armour piercing ammunitionRare
  • 完徹かんてつall-nighter; staying up all nightRare
  • 徹カラてつカラall-night karaokeRare
  • 徹夜明けてつやあけafter staying up all nightRare
  • 周知徹底しゅうちてっていmaking (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissem…Rare
  • 頑固一徹がんこいってつstubborn; obstinate; adamant; immovableRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 38 words that use 徹.

  • 徹底 てってい thoroughness; completeness; consistency
  • 徹夜 てつや staying up all night
  • 徹する てっする to penetrate; to sink in
  • 貫徹 かんてつ accomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment; achievement
  • 冷徹 れいてつ cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

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