Meaning
clear · penetrate · pierce · sit up (all night) · strike home
On'yomi
テツ
Common compounds (13)
- 報える こたえるto respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
- 徹る とおるto be straight (e.g. wood grain)
- 徹す とおすto (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
- 徹底 てっていthorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
- 透きとおる すきとおるto be clear (voice, sound)
- 徹夜 てつやstaying up all night
- 徹する てっするto do throughout (e.g. the night)
- 冷徹 れいてつcool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
- 不徹底 ふてっていinconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way
- 一徹 いってつobstinate; stubborn; inflexible
- 貫徹 かんてつpenetration; pervasion
- 透徹 とうてつtransparency