Kanji N1

撤: remove, withdraw, disarm

撤 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning remove, withdraw, disarm, written with 15 strokes. It is read テツ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 撤退 (てったい, evacuation) and 撤廃 (てっぱい, annulment).

撤

Meanings

  • remove
  • withdraw
  • disarm
  • dismantle
  • reject
  • exclude
Strokes15
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#811 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 撤

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 撤退てったい

    evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal

  • 撤廃てっぱい

    annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

  • 撤回てっかい

    withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

  • 撤去てっきょ

    removal; taking away

  • 撤収てっしゅう

    removal (of a building, equipment, etc.)

  • 撤兵てっぺい

    withdrawal of troops

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.