# 撤

| 撤 | U+64A4, &#25764; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A4 |
| ← 撣 [U+64A3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撥 → [U+64A5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

撤 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 手+12 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 15 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 手卜月大 (QYBK) or 手大月大 (QKBK), four-corner 5804$_0$, composition ⿲扌育攵)

#### Related characters

* 徹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12726
* Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1962, character 3
* Unihan data for U+64A4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 徹 | *tʰed |
| 撤 | *tʰed, *ded |
| 澈 | *ded |
| 轍 | *ded |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰed, *ded) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed) – to remove by hand.

### Etymology

Cognate with 徹 (OC *tʰed, “to remove”). See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chè (che$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cit$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chha̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cad$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thiat / thet
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiêg$^4$ / tiag$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tsheq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chè
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻê$^4$
*** Yale: chè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
*** Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cit$^3$
*** Yale: chit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chha̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: cad
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰat̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰat̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiék
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɛʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat
*** Tâi-lô: thiat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiad
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /tʰiɛt̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Hui'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thet
*** Tâi-lô: thet
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ted
*** IPA (Hui'an): /tʰet̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tiêg$^4$ / tiag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiek / thiak
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiek̚²/, /tʰiak̚²/
* tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
* tiag4 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: drjet, trhjet
Rime :
| Character | 撤 | 撤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (83) | 薛 (83) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 直列切 | 丑列切 |
| Baxter | drjet | trhjet |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖˠiᴇt̚/ | /ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖᵚiɛt̚/ | /ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiæt̚/ | /ȶʰiæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖiat̚/ | /ʈʰiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡjɛt̚/ | /ȶʰjɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭɛt̚/ | /ȶʰĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ɛt̚/ | /ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhé | che |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zit$^6$ | cit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tʰret/, /*tʰret/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰed/, /*ded/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 撤 | 撤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chè | chè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ drjet › | ‹ trhjet › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-tʰret/ | /*tʰret/ |
| English | remove, take away | remove, take away |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 撤 | 撤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1320 | 1321 |
| Phonetic component | 徹 | 徹 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 屮 | 轍 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰed/ | /*ded/ |
| Notes | | 徹轉註字 |

### Definitions

撤
* to take away; to remove; to clear away
* to withdraw; to retreat
* to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; to lessen; to relieve

#### Synonyms

* (to remove):
* 免
* 免除 (miǎnchú)
* 刷 (colloquial)
* 削 (literary, or in compounds)
* 削除 (xuēchú)
* 去掉 (qùdiào)
* 去除 (qùchú)
* 報銷 / 报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
* 屏除 (bǐngchú)
* 廓清 (kuòqīng)
* 打掉 (dǎdiào)
* 掃 / 扫
* 排解 (páijiě)
* 排除 (páichú)
* 掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
* 摒除 (bìngchú)
* 撤除 (chèchú)
* 消 (xiāo)
* 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
* 消解 (xiāojiě)
* 消釋 / 消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
* 消除 (xiāochú)
* 淘汰 (táotài)
* 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
* 清除 (qīngchú)
* 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
* 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
* 破除 (pòchú)
* 祛除 (qūchú)
* 罷 / 罢
* 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
* 肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng)
* 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
* 解除 (jiěchú)
* 鋤 / 锄 (chú)
* 鏟除 / 铲除 (chǎnchú)
* 除
* 除去 (chúqù)
* 除忒 (Hakka)
* 除掉 (chúdiào)
* 除開 / 除开 (chúkāi)
* 革除 (géchú)
* 驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
* 驅走 / 驱走 (qūzǒu)
* 驅除 / 驱除 (qūchú)
* (to withdraw):
* 捨去 / 舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
* 背離 / 背离 (bèilí)
* 走 (zǒu)
* 退 (tuì)
* 退出 (tuìchū)
* 遠 / 远 (literary)
* 遠離 / 远离 (yuǎnlí)
* 離去 / 离去 (líqù)
* 離逖 / 离逖 (lítì)
* 離開 / 离开 (líkāi)
* (to lighten):
* 削 (literary, or in compounds)
* 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
* 壓縮 / 压缩 (yāsuō)
* 損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
* 消減 / 消减 (xiāojiǎn)
* 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
* 減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
* 減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
* 減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
* 減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
* 減輕 / 减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
* 省卻 / 省却 (shěngquè)
* 砍 (kǎn)
* 緊縮 / 紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
* 縮減 / 缩减 (suōjiǎn)
* 耗
* 裁 (cái)
* 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
* 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
* 鐫汰 / 镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
* 降低 (jiàngdī)

### Compounds

* 撤任
* 撤佃
* 撤併 / 撤并
* 撤保
* 撤兵 (chèbīng)
* 撤回 (chèhuí)
* 撤守
* 撤差 (chèchāi)
* 撤席
* 撤廢 / 撤废 (chèfèi)
* 撤懲 / 撤惩
* 撤抹
* 撤換 / 撤换 (chèhuàn)
* 撲撤 / 扑撤
* 撤棘
* 撤消 (chèxiāo)
* 撤瑟
* 撤簾 / 撤帘
* 撤職 / 撤职 (chèzhí)
* 撤脫 / 撤脱
* 撤資 / 撤资 (chèzī)
* 撤身
* 撤軍 / 撤军 (chèjūn)
* 撤退 (chètuì)
* 撤銷 / 撤销 (chèxiāo)
* 撤銷權 / 撤销权
* 撤防 (chèfáng)
* 撤除 (chèchú)
* 撤離 / 撤离 (chèlí)
* 裁撤 (cáichè)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* withdraw

#### Readings

* Go-on: てち (techi)
* Kan-on: てつ (tetsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: すてる (suteru, 撤てる)、ひらく (hiraku)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撤 (MC drjet).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 뗘ᇙ〮 (Yale: ttyélq) | 뗘ᇙ〮 (Yale: ttyélq) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [철]

### Hanja

Wikisource 撤 (eumhun 거둘 철 (geodul cheol))
* hanja form of 철 (“to withdraw”)

#### Compounds

* 철거 (撤去, cheolgeo)
* 철군 (撤軍, cheolgun)
* 철수 (撤收, cheolsu)
* 철퇴 (撤退, cheoltoe)
* 철폐 (撤廢, cheolpye)
* 철회 (撤回, cheolhoe)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

撤: Hán Nôm readings: triệt, trẹt, trê, trệt, trịt
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