Kanji meanings › Thorough
Kanji for Thorough
The kanji for “thorough” is 徹, read tetsu and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
徹
thorough
To see something through to the end.
15 strokes On reading テツ (tetsu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tetsu
In Japan it appears in about 132 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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