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通 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「辶」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
On
ツウつう · tsū
Kun
とお(る)・かよ(う)tō(ru) · kayo(u)
Meaning
to pass through

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

辶 (movement) + 甬 (the sound) → to pass along the road.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onツウつうtsū通行つうこう通読つうどく普通ふつう
Onツつtsu通夜つや
Kunとおるtōru通るとおる通りとおり
Kunとおすtōsu通すとおす通しとおし
Kunかようkayō通うかよう通いかよい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 通学つうがく

    commuting to school

  • 通りとおり

    street

More words with this kanji

  • 通行止めつうこうどめ
  • 交通こうつう
  • 通帳つうちょう
  • 通貨つうか
  • 通過つうか
  • 通勤つうきん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この みちを 通(とお)ります。

I pass along this road.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

通学通学study近near週week道road遠far込put in…痛pain
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Reading

Map of radical 辶Map of reading ツウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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