Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

80 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

Kunyomi: とお.る とお.り -とお.り -どお.り とお.す とお.し -どお.し かよ.う

Onyomi: ツウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

事故(こうつうじこ)   traffic accident

(ふつう)   usually

勤する(つうきんする)   commute to work

学する(つうがくする)   commute to school

する(きょうつうする)   common

夜(つや)   all-night vigil over a body

る(とおる)   go through [v.i.]

す(とおす)   let pass [v.t.]

り(とおり)   avenue

り(おおどおり)   main street

う(かよう)   commute

Onyomi Examples

ツウ authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers

ツウイン going to the hospital for regular treatment

ソツウ (mutual) understanding, communication, passing without obstruction

富士 フジツウ Fujitsu

ツウ authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers

ツウイン going to the hospital for regular treatment

Kunyomi Examples

とおる to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of, to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect, to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in, to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through, to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout, to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far, to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed, to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted, to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for, to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense, to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood, to pass for, to come across as, to seem like, to be straight (e.g. wood grain), to be well-informed, to be wise, to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly

とおり avenue, street, way, road, coming and going, street traffic, flow (of water, air, etc.), transmission (of sound), reach (e.g. of voice), fame, reputation, popularity, the same status or way, as (e.g. as expected, as I said), understanding, comprehension, counter for sets of things, counter for methods, ways, types

り過ぎる とおりすぎる to go past, to pass, to pass by

とおす to stick through, to force through, to spread throughout, to thoroughly diffuse, to make a path between two points, to proceed in a logical manner, to let pass, to allow through, to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.), to show in, to go through (a middleman), to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.), to pass (a law, applicant, etc.), to force to accept, to force agreement, to continue (in a state), to persist in, to do to the entirety of, to cover all of, to span the whole ..., to do from beginning to end without a break, to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party, to do to the end, to carry through, to complete

とおし continuing from beginning to end, continuous run, consecutive run, appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre, performance of an entire play

し切符 とおしきっぷ through ticket (e.g. rail, air), ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. both matinee and evening shows), all-day ticket, season ticket

きりどおし road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain, cutting

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.), to attend, to commute, to frequent, to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought), to resemble