哲
哲 — cheol
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 밝을 철
- Romanization
- cheol
- English
- wise, sagacious; wise man, sage
- Mandarin
- zhé
- Japanese on'yomi
- テツ, テチ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- さとい あきらか
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,093 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Variant forms
- 喆
- Radical
- 口 (30, 7 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 折
- Unicode
- U+54F2
Parts that make up 哲
How 哲 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 哲 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 折, 口.
Korean example words with 哲
- 명철名哲 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 철인(哲人)
- 철인哲人 Korean gloss: 철학에 조예가 깊은 사람
- 선철先哲 Korean gloss: 옛날의 어질고 사리에 밝은 사람
- 왕철往哲 Korean gloss: 옛날의 어질고 사리에 밝은 사람
- 현철하다賢哲 Korean gloss: 어질고 사리에 밝다
- 명철하다明哲 Korean gloss: 총명하고 사리에 밝다
- 철학가哲學家 Korean gloss: 철학에 조예가 깊은 사람
- 철학자哲學者 Korean gloss: 철학을 전문적으로 연구하는 사람
- 철학책哲學冊 Korean gloss: 철학적인 사상과 내용을 담은 책
- 철학관哲學館 Korean gloss: 역술가가 돈을 받고 점을 봐 주는 집
- 철학원哲學院 Korean gloss: 역술가가 돈을 받고 점을 봐 주는 집
- 문사철文史哲 Korean gloss: 문학, 역사, 철학을 아울러 이르는 말
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 哲
- 哲学てつがく philosophy
- 哲学的てつがくてき philosophical
- 変哲へんてつ something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
- 哲人てつじん wise man; philosopher; sage
- 哲てつ sage; wise man; philosopher
- 賢哲けんてつ wise man
- 先哲せんてつ ancient wise men
- 前哲ぜんてつ former men of wisdom and virtue
- 十哲じってつ ten great disciples (e.g. of Basho, Confucius, etc.)
- 明哲めいてつ wisdom; sagacity; wise man
- 哲理てつり philosophic principles; philosophy
- 西哲せいてつ distinguished Western philosopher; great Western thinker; Western philosophy
Characters sharing the phonetic 折
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “철”
Other hanja with radical 口
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences