徹
徹 — cheol
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 통할 철
- Romanization
- cheol
- English
- penetrate, pervade; penetrating
- Mandarin
- chè
- Japanese on'yomi
- テツ, デチ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- とおす
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #968 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 彳 (60, 12 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5FB9
How 徹 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 徹 as a ideographic compound involving 鬲, 又.
Korean example words with 徹
- 철야徹夜 Korean gloss: 잠을 자지 않고 밤을 보냄
- 관철貫徹 Korean gloss: 어려움을 뚫고 나아가 목적을 기어이 이룸
- 철저徹底 Korean gloss: 속속들이 꿰뚫어 미치어 밑바닥까지 빈틈이나 부족함이 없음
- 철천徹天 Korean gloss: 하늘에 사무친다는 뜻으로, 두고두고 잊을 수 없도록 뼈에 사무침을 이르는 말
- 투철하다透徹 Korean gloss: 속속들이 뚜렷하고 철저하다
- 불철저不徹底 Korean gloss: 철저하지 못하여 빈틈이나 모자람이 있음
- 철저성徹底性 Korean gloss: 속속들이 꿰뚫어 미치어 밑바닥까지 빈틈이나 부족함이 없는 성질
- 철골徹骨 Korean gloss: 뼈에 사무침.
- 조철照徹 Korean gloss: 두루 비치어 뚫음.
- 관철觀徹 Korean gloss: 사물을 속속들이 꿰뚫어 봄.
- 철천지한徹天之恨 Korean gloss: 하늘에 사무치는 크나큰 원한
- 철효徹曉 Korean gloss: 잠을 자지 않고 밤을 보냄.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 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; to devote oneself (to)
- 冷徹れいてつ cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
- 不徹底ふてってい inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing
- 一徹いってつ obstinate; stubborn; inflexible
- 貫徹かんてつ accomplishment; realization; attainment
- 透徹とうてつ transparency; clarity; coherence
- 徹底的てっていてき thorough; exhaustive; complete
- 徹宵てっしょう all night; without sleep
- 完徹かんてつ all-nighter; staying up all night
- 徹見てっけん seeing clearly; seeing without obstruction; looking into every nook and corner
Other hanja read “철”
Other hanja with radical 彳
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences