徹

Derived characters

 * 撤 轍

Related characters

 * 微 徵 (徴)

Glyph origin
– originally a hand breaking a pot.

Pot figure similar to earlier forms of, replaced/simplified in large seal script to (earlier ) – a child with head down, and hair/lines going down.

Etymology
The r-causative of.

Cognate with, and perhaps.

Definitions

 * 1) to penetrate; to pierce; to pervade
 * 2)   the Middle Chinese initial of

Kanji

 * 1) penetrate

Verb

 * 1) to penetrate
 * 2) to dedicate oneself