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transit
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingト
Kun readingわた.る、-わた.る、わた.す
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. transitRtK
  2. ford
  3. ferry
  4. cross
    彼は道路を渡りつつあった。He was crossing the street.tatoeba
    彼は道路を渡った。He crossed the street.tatoeba
  5. import
  6. deliver
  7. diameter
  8. migrate
  1. to ferry across (e.g. a river)
  2. to carry across
  3. to traverse
  4. to lay across
  5. to build across

Popular Usage

渡す渡る

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · degrees · caverns · cave · twenty · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1279

Compound words

渡すわたす
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across
渡るわたる
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
渡米するとべいする
to visit U.S.A.
過渡かと
crossing; ferry; transient; changing old to new
譲渡じょうと
transfer; assignment; conveyance
渡りわたり
crossing; passage; transit; importing; import
渡航とこう
voyage; passage; travelling
渡来とらい
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
渡しわたし
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
過渡期かとき
transition period
橋渡しはしわたし
mediation; good offices; go-between; intermediary; mediator
見渡すみわたす
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
綱渡りつなわたり
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice
手渡すてわたす
to hand (over); to deliver in person
渡し船わたしぶね
ferry; ferryboat
渡り鳥わたりどり
migratory bird; bird of passage
不渡りふわたり
dishonouring (a bill); dishonoring; bouncing (a cheque, check); non-payment
刃渡りはわたり
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
言い渡すいいわたす
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
譲り渡すゆずりわたす
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
行き渡るいきわたる
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
受け渡しうけわたし
delivery; transfer; hand-over
引き渡すひきわたす
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
引き渡しひきわたし
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

Kun Reading Examples

私達はやっとのことでその川を泳いで渡ることができた。わたる
We managed to swim across the river.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は兵士として中国に渡ったが、二度とかえってこなかった。
He went to China as a soldier, never to come back.tatoeba
彼は彼女を残したまま、通りを走って渡った。
He ran across the street, leaving her alone.tatoeba
江戸城を明け渡すこと。
Condition Article Number Two: The Tokugawa family would evacuate Edo-jo Castle.wiki
箸から箸へ料理を渡す所作。
To pass food with one pair of chopsticks to another.wiki
築堤となって庄内川を渡る。
Trains run on the bank and pass over the Shonai-gawa River.wiki
48歳の時に北海道へ渡る。
At the age of 48, he moved to Hokkaido.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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