# 徹 do thoroughly

(goleft) + (decapitated cow) + 月 (moon/organ) + (director)
★★★☆☆
15 strokes
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## Onyomi

TETSU |

## Mnemonic

| The director raised you to go and pump iron (鉄, pronounced TETSU) thoroughly!

## Kunyomi

てっ ( する ) | be devoted to a project, do nothing else, heart-and-soul. Also means, to stay up all night because you're so focused on your project Star-16 ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

徹底的(てっていてき) にXXX | to do XXX thoroughly ★★☆☆☆ 徹 (do thoroughly) + 底 (bottom) + 的 (motivation / '-al') = 徹底的 (to do XXX thoroughly) to do XXX thoroughly, exhaustively, comprehensively. Plus, isn't that the greatest pronunciation? tetetetetetetetete!!! That's the most wild sound since the past tense of 'warm': (atatakatta)
徹夜(てつや) する | stay up all night ☆☆☆☆☆ 徹 (do thoroughly) + 夜 (late night) = 徹夜 (stay up all night)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
徴 | sign / indication | KING | 王
微 | teeny | PIE |
撤 | withdraw | HAND | 手
徹 | do thoroughly | GO | 行

A crown is a sign of a KING.
I'll eat a TEENY PIE because I am on a diet.
You withdraw your HAND, while I GO to thoroughly accomplish a quest of some sort.