Kanji1 / 15
徹 kanji
penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
テツ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 徹
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —周知徹底making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination
- —初志貫徹carrying out one's original intention
- —徹頭徹尾thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
- —透徹したclear; lucid; penetrating
- —頑固一徹stubborn; obstinate; adamant; immovable
- —徹底抗戦do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
- —無骨一徹rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
- —一徹短慮stubborn and short-tempered
- —首尾貫徹(logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end
- —正直一徹stubbornly honest
- —大悟徹底attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening
- —忠義一徹staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord)
- —徹底究明thorough investigation; complete inquiry
- —凡事徹底doing mundane things properly and thoroughly; thoroughness in all things; attention to detail
- —徹夜明けafter staying up all night
- —老いの一徹obstinacy of old age
- —夜を徹するto stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
- —眼光紙背に徹すto (be able to) read between the lines
- —恨み骨髄に徹するto have a deep grudge; to bear deep resentment towards someone
- —眼光紙背に徹するto (be able to) read between the lines