JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 徹: "penetrate, clear, pierce"
The kanji 徹 means "penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read テツ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 968 of 2,501 |
Common words with 徹
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 徹底的thorough; exhaustive; complete
- 徹底thoroughness; completeness; consistency · thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
- 徹夜staying up all night
- 徹するto penetrate; to sink in · to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively
- 冷徹cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
- 徹夜明けafter staying up all night
- 徹頭徹尾thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way
- 徹底抗戦do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
- 夜を徹するto stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
- 徹甲弾armor piercing ammunition; armour piercing ammunition
- 貫徹accomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment · penetration; pervasion
- 一徹obstinate; stubborn; inflexible
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