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彻
徹
chè
1. thorough
2. penetrating
3. to pervade
4. to pass through
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

彻
chè
penetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass through
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

冏彻
jiǒngchè
bright and easily understood
凯彻
Kǎichè
variant of [[愷撒|恺撒]], Caesar (emperor)
彻夜
chèyè
the whole night
彻底
chèdǐ
thorough
HSK 5
彻悟
chèwù
fully aware
彻查
chèchá
to investigate thoroughly
彻西
Chèxī
Chelsea, suburb of London
彻骨
chègǔ
to the bone
恺彻
Kǎichè
variant of [[愷撒|恺撒]], Caesar (emperor) used by Yan Fu [[嚴復|严复]]
清彻
qīngchè
variant of [[清澈<qīngchè>]]
澄彻
chéngchè
variant of [[澄澈<chéngchè>]]
贯彻
guànchè
to implement
HSK 6
透彻
tòuchè
penetrating
通彻
tōngchè
to understand completely
响彻
xiǎngchè
to resound
大彻大悟
dàchèdàwù
to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)
彻夜不眠
chèyèbùmián
to be sleepless all night
彻底失败
chèdǐshībài
utter failure
彻头彻尾
chètóuchèwěi
lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
斯彻达尔
Sīchèdáěr
Stjørdal (city in Trøndelag, Norway)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,239
Word Frequency Rank
2,022 of 84,292

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