# 澈

| 澈 | U+6F88, &#28552; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F88 |
| ← 澇 [U+6F87] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 澉 → [U+6F89] |

## Translingual
### Han character

澈 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水卜月大 (EYBK), four-corner 3814$_0$, composition ⿰氵⿰育攵)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18319
* Dae Jaweon: page 1062, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1747, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6F88

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 徹 | *tʰed |
| 撤 | *tʰed, *ded |
| 澈 | *ded |
| 轍 | *ded |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ded): semantic 水 (“water”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chè (che$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cit$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): chă̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): táh / tiék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): theh / thiat / tia̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiêg$^4$ / tiag$^4$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): te$^7$ / qieg$^4$
* 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/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: táh / tiék
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʔ²⁴/, /tʰiɛʔ²⁴/
* táh - vernacular;
* tiék - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit澈 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰə²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʃʰə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩ɛ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰe³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰɛ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /d͡ʑi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰieʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰa⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂʰə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂʰæ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰit̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰit̚³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰit̚³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tʰik̚⁵/ /tʰeʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tʰɑʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰiak̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sek̚⁵/ /hɛ⁵⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: drjet
Rime :
| Character | 澈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (83) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直列切 |
| Baxter | drjet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖˠiᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖᵚiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡjɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ret/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ded/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 澈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ drjet › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]ret/ |
| English | clear, limpid |
| 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 | 澈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1322 |
| Phonetic component | 徹 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 轍 |
| Old Chinese | /*ded/ |
| Notes | 見毛詩傳 |

### Definitions

澈
* (of liquid) clear; limpid
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 徹 / 彻 (chè, “thorough”)
* (Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Hokkien) clean

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乾淨, 清潔, 潔淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 乾淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 乾淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 乾淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 乾淨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 乾淨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 乾淨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 乾淨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 乾淨, 寧馨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 乾淨, 清爽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 乾淨, 清亮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乾淨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 乾淨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 伶俐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 伶俐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 乾淨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 乾淨, 虔誠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 淨, 伶俐 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 乾淨 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 乾淨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 淨, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 伶俐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 乾淨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伶俐 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 伶俐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 澈潔, 澈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 澈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 澈 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 清氣 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 澈, 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 澈, 澈潔, 清氣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 清氣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 澈潔, 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 澈, 澈潔 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 澈, 澈潔 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 澈氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 澈 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 澈, 澈潔, 清氣, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 澈, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 澈潔, 清氣 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 澈, 澈潔, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 澈潔, 清氣, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 澈潔, 清靠, 清氣 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 澈潔, 清氣, 清靠 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 清氣 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 清氣 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 伶俐 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 伶俐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 清爽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 清爽, 乾淨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 了滯, 清水, 光生 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 乾淨 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 乾淨, 料俏 |

### Compounds

* 大澈大悟
* 明澈 (míngchè)
* 洞澈
* 清澈 (qīngchè)
* 澈底 (chèdǐ)
* 澈悟 (chèwù)
* 澈查
* 澈澈 (Hokkien)
* 澄澈 (chéngchè)
* 痛澈心脾
* 痛澈骨髓
* 白澈 (Hokkien)
* 褪澈澈 (Hokkien)
* 褪破澈 (Hokkien)
* 褪腹澈 (Hokkien)
* 透澈 (tòuchè)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: でち (dechi)
* Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)
* Kun: きよい (kiyoi, 澈い)
* Nanori: きよし (kiyoshi)、とおる (tōru)

## Korean
### Hanja

澈 (eumhun 물 맑을 철 (mul malgeul cheol))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

澈: Hán Nôm readings: triệt
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