漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
通: traffic, pass through
Also: avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
- 甬(sound)
- ⻌road(meaning)
⻌ carries the meaning · 甬 gives the sound
Seven readings, and the words that use each
ツウtsuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 交通事故こうつうじこtraffic accident
- 普通ふつうusually
- 通勤するつうきんするcommute to work
- 通学するつうがくするcommute to school
- 共通するきょうつうするcommon
ツtsu · on'yomi
- 通夜つやall-night vigil over a body
とおるtooru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 通るとおるgo through [v.i.]
とおりtoori · kun'yomi
- 通りとおりavenue
-どおり-doori · kun'yomi
- 大通りおおどおりmain street
とおすtoosu · kun'yomi
- 通すとおすlet pass [v.t.]
かようkayou · kun'yomi
- 通うかようcommute
Also read -とおり, とおし, -どおし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)辵, as 辶 (meaning) + 甬 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 通 (rev. 92693582), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“This swooping radical is the winding road you walk upon! It curves under the rest of the kanji like a path being carved through a landscape.”
Connections
Also read ツウ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiAlso read ツ
3 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tōng
Same form: 通 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 通 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 通 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.