— penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

  • JLPT N1
  • 15 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 彳
  • #968 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
テツ

Example words

  • 徹底てっていthoroughness; completeness; consistency
  • 徹夜てつやall night; all-night vigil; sleepless night
  • 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 exclusively