Taxonomy of meanings for 徹:　　

  • 徹 zhé (OC: ded MC: ɖɯiɛt) 直列切 入 廣韻：【通也明也道也達也又丑列切 】
    • PENETRATE
        • abstract>INTIMATE
          • process>FOLLOW
            • destructively>PIERCE
              • vtoNpenetrate; pierce
              • result>DESTROY
                  • generalised>REMOVE
                    • viactceremoniously remove sacrificial offerings
                    • vtoNremove; send away; pull down
                    • vtoNfigurativediscontinue abruptly
              • grammaticalised>THROUGH
                  • result>REACH
                    • vt[0]oN.postadVreaching right down to
                    • vtoNreach right up to
                    • intellectually>UNDERSTAND
                      • vadVwith supreme understanding
                      • vt(oN).postadVresultative complement: V a contextuall determinate N to the degree of understanding it
                      • vtoNunderstand fully
                  • object>LIMIT
                      • perfective>EXHAUST
                          • act out completley>ACT
                            • vt(oN)put into practice completely the contextually determinate thing
                            • degree>INTENSELY
                              • vpostadVcompletely, thoroughly
                            • result>ORDERLY
                                • causative>ARRANGE
                                    • associated action>PICK UP
                                      • vtoNpick up, remove and gather (like bark from a tree)
                                    • object>>TAX
                      • PLANTS
                        • =撤REMOVE
                          • viactceremoniously remove sacrificial offerings
                          • vtoNremove; send away; pull down
                          • vtoNfigurativediscontinue abruptly
                        • =轍WAY
                          • =澈CLEAR
                            • SURNAME
                          • 徹 chè (OC: thed MC: ʈʰɯiɛt) 丑列切 入 廣韻：【通也 】
                          • chèTAX
                            • viactestablish a tax of one in ten, establish a tithe

                          Additional information about 徹

                          說文解字:

                            Criteria
                          • REMOVE

                            1. The most general term for removing anything is qù 去.

                            2. Chú 除 refers specifically to getting rid of something undesirable.

                            3. Chè 徹 is to remove objects ceremoniously as part of a ritual or the like.

                            4. Qiān 遷 can refer to the moving an object from a place, although usually the focus is moving something to a place. See DISPLACE.

                          • BLOCK

                            [[CONGERIES]]; [GENERAL], [SPECIFIC]

                            1. Sè 塞 (ant. tōng 通 "be unblocked") is the standard word for blocking the progress of something, or for blocking up an opening, and the word specifically refers to the blocking of things from getting out of something.

                            [GENERAL]

                            2. Yǎn 掩 is the standard word for blocking visual access to an object.

                            [SPECIFIC]

                            3. Yōng 壅 (ant. chè 徹 "unblock") refers to blocking things from entering.

                            [SPECIFIC]

                            4. Dāng 當 refers to a deliberate act of standing in the way of something or ensuring that something cannot proceed in a natural way.

                            [SPECIFIC]

                            5. Bì 閉 refers to the blocking of something so as to prevent it to get out. See LOCK.

                            [SPECIFIC]

                            6. Xiàn 限 refers to a border as blocking access. See BORDER