Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 walk(Radical gyounin This is the half form of gyougamae )
new born baby(Character of , but upside down: The child comes at the birth with head first.)
Stick in a hand(The radical nobun shows a hand or that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.))
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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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