哲

philosophy; clear

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1093.

Readings

• テツ (on reading): 哲学 (てつがく) philosophy; 哲学者 (てつがくしゃ) philosopher
• さとい (kun reading)
• あきらか (kun reading)

Components

• 折
• 口
• 口 radical mouth
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
• 斤 radical axe

Words using 哲

• 哲学 (てつがく) philosophy
• 哲学者 (てつがくしゃ) philosopher
• 哲学的 (てつがくてき) philosophical
• 科学哲学 (かがくてつがく) philosophy of science
• 哲学史 (てつがくし) history of philosophy

73 words in all.

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