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Kotomora

撤

remove, withdraw, disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • テツ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

撤 centers on taking something away or pulling it back: removing objects, withdrawing people or forces, dismantling structures, or rejecting and excluding things from consideration.

Most common words using 撤

  • 撤退てったい

    evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

  • 撤去てっきょ

    removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.); withdrawal (of troops)

  • 撤回てっかい
    N1

    withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

  • 撤廃てっぱい

    annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

  • 撤収てっしゅう

    removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.)

  • 撤兵てっぺい

    withdrawal of troops

  • 全艦撤退ぜんかんてったい

    All ships retreat (military command); complete ship withdrawal

  • 全面撤退ぜんめんてったい

    total (full-scale) withdrawal; complete pullout (pullback)

  • 前言撤回ぜんげんてっかい

    taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

  • 市場撤退しじょうてったい

    pulling out of a market; withdrawing from a market

  • 戦略的撤退せんりゃくてきてったい

    strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat

  • 白紙撤回はくしてっかい

    complete revocation; total retraction

  • 規制撤廃きせいてっぱい

    abolition of regulations; deregulation

  • 軍備撤廃ぐんびてっぱい

    complete disarmament

  • 部隊撤退ぶたいてったい

    troop withdrawal

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Etymology

撤 combines 扌 (hand) with a phonetic component historically related to 徹, suggesting the action of removing or clearing away by hand.

Meaning mnemonic

The hand radical 扌 is pulling away the complex right side, like a hand removing obstacles or dismantling a structure piece by piece.

Reading mnemonic

For テツ, imagine using a hand to remove a heavy iron (鉄, てつ) plate: 鉄 -> テツ, and the hand withdraws it.