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徹 means 'go through'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 1092   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-12    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 46 words   Used in 324 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   テツ
Name
   とおる
Additional readings
Name    あき   つ   てっ
Variants
彻 (Chinese)  
Notes
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This tenacious kanji takes you through from start to finish, enabling you to say, "I have to work all night" and "do-or-die resistance." Also learn to say, "I recommend a thorough checkup," "If you learn English, study it thoroughly," and "You're a complete misanthrope. In addition, discover the Japanese for "Why don't you stick to what you've set out to do?" and "obstinacy of old age."
Components
⿲  彳 step  育 grow up  攵 strike  
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See also
微 minute, slight  徴 sign  散 scatter  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 徹 is used 2 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 徹 is used 34 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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テツ : 19 words FIND ALL
て つ や 0
all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night
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テツ (read as てっ) : 15 words FIND ALL
て っ て い 0
1. thoroughness; completeness; consistency
2. thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
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An additional 微 less common words include 徹 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1629  Joy o' Kanji : 1629  Key to Kanji: - 

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徹
テツ    to go through, to pierce   
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彳
step
育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
攵
ぼく strike   
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