The kanji 撤 generally conveys the meaning of "withdraw," "remove," "cancel," "abolish," or "discard." It implies a deliberate act of taking something away, eliminating it, or retracting it from a certain place or state. It suggests a process of removal or cancellation.

・On-yomi (音読み): テツ (tetsu) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・ひ(く) (hiku) - in certain compound words, it means to "remove" or "withdraw".

⚫︎撤退 (てったい) Translation: Withdrawal; retreat. ⚫︎撤廃 (てっぱい) Translation: Abolition; repeal. ⚫︎取り消しを撤回する (とりけしをてっかいする) Translation: To withdraw a cancellation.

The kanji 撤 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It is composed of two parts: the radical 手 (て - te), meaning "hand," and the phonetic 徹 (テツ - tetsu). The radical 手 indicates an action involving the hand, while the phonetic part 徹 provides the sound and hints at the meaning of "thoroughly" or "completely." The combination of these parts suggests the idea of "completely removing" or "taking away" something with one's hand.