Memory phrase for the Kanji: 徹


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Meaning penetrate, go through, pierce, remove

Pronunciation

TETSU

Explanation

From left: go , raise/grow up (The new born baby [= child , but upside down, because at birth with head first] has a body , that needs to be raised.), strike (hand with stick )

Mnemonic


 
Go, grow up and if you can strike, you will get through it all.

Radicals

to walkRadical gyounin This is the half form of gyougamae
new born babyCharacter of , but upside down: The child comes at the birth with head first.
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick in the hand is easily cognizable.)
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 Vocabulary

徹する てっする  to sink in, to penetrate, to devote oneself, to believe in, to go through
徹夜 てつや  all night, all night vigil, sleepless night
徹底 てってい  thoroughness, completeness


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