chè

thorough

penetrating; to pervade; to pass through

step (彳) + cut through (切) = thorough and penetrating

切 means to cut sharply or keenly, and its semantic force drives the sense of cutting all the way through — nothing left unexamined. 彳 mainly contributes the chè sound rather than a distinct meaning here.

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To cutSemantic
A half-stepPhonetic

夜没有睡觉。

tā chè yè méi yǒu shuì jiào。

He was awake the whole night without sleeping.

我们要底解决这个问题。

wǒ men yào chè dǐ jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí。

We need to thoroughly solve this problem.

Words with 彻

通天彻地

tōng tiān chè dì

to know all under heaven

通彻

tōng chè

to understand completely

响彻

xiǎng chè

to resound

侵彻

qīn chè

(of a projectile) to penetrate (armor etc)

克赖斯特彻奇

kè lài sī tè chè qí

Christchurch (New Zealand city)

冏彻

jiǒng chè

bright and easily understood

凯彻

kǎi chè

variant of 愷撒|恺撒, Caesar (emperor)

大彻大悟

dà chè dà wù

to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)

彻夜

chè yè

the whole night

彻夜不眠

chè yè bù mián

to be sleepless all night

彻底

chè dǐ

thorough

彻悟

chè wù

fully aware

More characters with 彳