The kanji 哲: meaning, readings and stroke order

哲

Meaning: wise, philosophy
On reading: テツ tetsu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sáng suốt, triết học (triết)
Japanese: ものごとをふかくわかっている。てつがく。
Korean: 슬기롭다, 철학 (철)
Chinese: 贤明、哲学

Readings, words and example sentences

テツ tetsu · on reading

哲てつ学がく
philosophy
兄は 哲てつ学がくの本を読みます。
My big brother reads philosophy books.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.