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徹 do thoroughly

(goleft) + 育 (grow up / be raised) + (director)
★★★☆☆
15 strokes
PN

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.