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通

Pass Through
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingツウ、ツ
Kun readingとお.る、かよ.う

Verbs with «通»

通う通る通じる通す共通する通知する通過する通用する

Meanings

  1. pass through
  2. avenue
  3. commute
  4. counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
  5. trafficRtK
  1. authority
  2. expert
  3. connoisseur
  4. well-informed person
  5. counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.

Popular Usage

通う交通通る普通共通開通大通り交通機関透き通る

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pogo stick · chop-seal · hanko · utilise · utilize · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1511

Compound words

交通こうつう
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
通うかよう
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between; to go to (school, work, etc.)
通るとおる
to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through
普通ふつう
normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common
共通きょうつう
common; shared; mutual; to be common (to); to be shared (by)
開通かいつう
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
大通りおおどおり
main street; avenue; boulevard
交通機関こうつうきかん
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
透き通るすきとおる
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
通すとおす
to let pass; to allow through; to let through; to make way (for); to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.)
通じるつうじる
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with); to flow (liquid, current); to pass
通学するつうがくする
to go to school
共通するきょうつうする
to be common (to)
通知するつうちする
to notify
通過するつうかする
to pass
一通いっつう
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
貫通かんつう
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; piercing; being well versed (in)
精通せいつう
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); having a thorough knowledge (of); being an authority (on)
疎通そつう
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
直通ちょくつう
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
通りとおり
street; road; avenue; thoroughfare; traffic
通院つういん
going to the hospital regularly for treatment; attending hospital as an outpatient
通貨つうか
currency
通過つうか
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit; passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage
最初の手紙の後二通目からの手紙はすぐにきた。つう
After the first letter the other came easily.tatoeba
彼は彼女を残したまま、通りを走って横切った。とおり
He ran across the street, leaving her alone.tatoeba
彼は彼女を残したまま、通りを走って渡った。とおり
He ran across the street, leaving her alone.tatoeba
彼は通りを歩いて行った。とおり
He walked along the street.tatoeba
彼は通りを行ったり来たりした。とおり
He walked back and forth on the street.tatoeba
彼は報告書にざっと目を通した。
He skimmed through the report.tatoeba
彼は歩いて通学する。
He walks to school.tatoeba
彼は歩いて森を通り抜けた。
He walked through the forest.tatoeba
彼は保守党一辺倒で押し通した。
He has remained pro-conservative throughout.tatoeba
寺子屋式の末広学校に通う
He enrolled in Suehiro Terakoya which was a private elementary school in the Edo period.wiki
少年期に、耕余塾へ通う。
He attended Koyo-jyuku in his childhood.wiki
旧東海道が通る。
The old Tokaido Road goes over this bridge.wiki
京都御苑の北端を通る。
It runs along the northern edge of Kyoto Gyoen National Garden.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

よく通う駄菓子屋さんが潰れた
よくかようだがしやさんがつぶれたThe old-fashioned candy shop I often went to has closed down.
普通の小学生ならば、これからの楽しい夏休みのことで頭の中が一杯のとき。
ふつうのしょうがくせいならば、これからのたのしいなつやすみのことであたまのなかがいちはいのとき。A normal elementary school student would have their mind full of the fun summer vacation coming up.
味は普通だがおかわり自由
あじはふつうだがおかわりじゆうThe taste is ordinary but refills are free.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Pass through. ⻌ (movement) + 甬 (passage) — going all the way through a corridor.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 通

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