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徹

Level IX of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1141 / 2,608

Penetrate

On’yomi
てつ
Kun’yomi
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Radical
彳 Step (Kangxi 60)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 駄 (Burdensome), less common than 奴 (Dude).

The go radical on the left with a jackhammer on the right — you go forward with a jackhammer that penetrates through any wall.

In words

徹する てっする to sink in;to penetrate;to devote oneself;to believe in;to go through;to do intently and exclusivelyN1
徹底 てってい thoroughness,completenessN3
徹夜 てつや all night,all night vigil,sleepless nightN3

徹 is rank 1141 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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