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澈

chè

HSK 6 Character

What 澈 means

1. clear (water)
2. thorough

Example sentences

• 你的歌声清澈如太平洋的海水。
  You sing with a voice as clear as the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
• 你的歌声像太平洋的海水一样清澈。
  Nǐ de gēshēng xiàng Tàipíng Yáng de hǎishuǐ yīyàng qīngchè.
  You sing with a voice as clear as the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Words starting with 澈

• 澈底chè dǐvariant of 彻底
• 澈查chè chávariant of 彻查

Words containing 澈

• 清澈qīng chèclear; limpid
• 清澈见底qīng chè jiàn dǐwater so clear you can see the bottom
• 澄澈chéng chèlimpid; crystal clear
• 明澈míng chèclear; limpid
• 清澈透底qīng chè tòu dǐ(of a body of water) clear enough to see the bottom; limpid
• 透澈tòu chèvariant of 透彻

Characters built on 攵

These share the phonetic component 攵 (pū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…

Characters that look like 澈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 缴jiǎoto hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 墩dūnblock; gate pillar; pier
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish

Sounds the same

Read chè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 彻thorough; penetrating; to pervade
• 撤to remove; to take away
• 掣to pull; to draw; to pull back
• 屮plants sprouting
• 坼to crack; to split; to break
• 呫used in 呫嚅