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徹

徹

See also: 彻

Translingual

Han character

徹 (radical 60 彳+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜月大 (HOYBK), four-corner 28240, composition ⿲彳育攵)

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • KangXi: page 371, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10245
  • Dae Jaweon: page 698, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 844, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5FB9

Chinese

trad. 徹
simp. 彻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (徹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
徹 *tʰed
撤 *tʰed, *ded
澈 *ded
轍 *ded

彳 + 育 + 攵 ‎(“hand”) – originally a hand breaking a pot.

Pot figure similar to earlier forms of 鬲, replaced/simplified in large seal script to 育 (earlier 㐬) – a child with head down, and hair/lines going down.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 徹 徹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 薛 (83) 薛 (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie 直列切 丑列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠiᴇt̚/ /ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚiɛt̚/ /ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiæt̚/ /ȶʰiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖiat̚/ /ʈʰiat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȡjɛt̚/ /ȶʰjɛt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭɛt̚/ /ȶʰĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯ɛt̚/ /ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhé che
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 徹 徹 徹 徹
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chè chè chè chè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drjet › ‹ drjet › ‹ trhjet › ‹ trhjet ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-[tʰ]ret/ /*m-tʰret/ /*tʰret/ /*tʰret/
English penetrate divide land acc. to a certain share system divide land acc. to a certain share system penetrate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 徹
Reading # 1/1
No. 1319
Phonetic
component		 徹
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 屮
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰed/

Definitions

徹

  1. to penetrate; to pierce; to pervade

Compounds

  • 不徹頭／不彻头
  • 侵徹力／侵彻力
  • 劉徹／刘彻
  • 大徹大悟／大彻大悟
  • 徹上徹下／彻上彻下
  • 徹侯／彻侯
  • 徹夜／彻夜 (chèyè)
  • 徹悟／彻悟
  • 徹懸／彻悬
  • 徹查／彻查
  • 徹耳／彻耳
  • 徹裡徹外／彻里彻外
  • 徹頭徹尾／彻头彻尾 (chètóu-chèwěi)
  • 徹饌／彻馔
  • 徹首徹尾／彻首彻尾
  • 徹骨／彻骨
  • 明徹／明彻
  • 曼徹斯特／曼彻斯特 (Mànchèsītè)
  • 有司徹／有司彻
  • 洞徹／洞彻
  • 漫天徹地／漫天彻地
  • 為人為徹／为人为彻
  • 痛徹心腑／痛彻心腑
  • 痛楚徹骨／痛楚彻骨
  • 聲徹雲霄／声彻云霄
  • 說徹／说彻
  • 謊徹梢虛／谎彻梢虚
  • 貫徹／贯彻 (guànchè)
  • 貫徹始終／贯彻始终
  • 通天徹地／通天彻地
  • 通徹／通彻 (tōngchè)
  • 連更徹夜／连更彻夜
  • 響徹雲漢／响彻云汉
  • 響徹雲際／响彻云际
  • 響徹雲霄／响彻云霄

Japanese

Kanji

徹

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. penetrate

Readings

Proper noun

徹 ‎(hiragana あきら, romaji Akira)

  1. A male given name

徹 ‎(hiragana とおる, romaji Tōru)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

徹 • ‎(cheol) (hangeul 철, revised cheol, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏl, Yale chel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

徹 (triệt, trẹt, trê, trệt, trịt, trít, xẹt)

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