哲 — philosophy, clear

てつ哲 philosophy

てつ

U+54F2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1093 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1212 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

philosophy
clear

Readings

On'yomi: てつ tetsu
Kun'yomi: さとい satoi あきらか akiraka

word

てつ tetsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

哲(てつ) tetsu philosophy 哲(てつ) 学(がく) tetsugaku philosophy

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 哲: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

おる折 fold

くち口 mouth #30

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth