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Keyword
penetrate
  • clear
  • pierce
  • strike home
  • sit up (all night)
Frequency
#968
Strokes
15
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
951
Readings
テツ100%
Mnemonic
You stand still as the aunt who swore to nurture you hurls a folding chair, and one steel leg manages to penetrate the wall right beside your ear.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
徹てっ底てい
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Noun
徹てっ底てい的てき
thorough; exhaustive; complete
Na-adjective
徹てつ夜や
staying up all night
Noun
徹てっする
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
Suru verb
不ふ徹てっ底てい
inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way
Na-adjective
冷れい徹てつ
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
Na-adjective
一いっ徹てつ
obstinate; stubborn; inflexible
Na-adjective
貫かん徹てつ
accomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment; achievement; penetration; pervasion
Noun
透とう徹てつ
transparency; clarity; coherence
Noun
徹てっ頭とう徹てつ尾び
thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
Adverb
徹てつマン
playing mahjong all night
Noun