撤
remove, withdraw, disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude
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
Study
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.