The kanji 透: meaning, readings and stroke order
透
- Meaning
- transparent, pass through
- On reading
- トウ tou
- Kun reading
- す(く) suku、す(かす) sukasu、す(ける) sukeru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- trong suốt, xuyên qua (thấu)
- Japanese
- すける。とおりぬける。
- Korean
- 비치다, 꿰뚫다 (투)
- Chinese
- 透明、穿透
Readings, words and example sentences
トウ tou · on reading
透明
transparent, clear
透明な コップに 水を 入れます。
I pour water into a clear glass.
す(く) suku · kun reading · less common
透く
to let light through, to be see-through
うすい 紙は 光が 透いて 見えます。
Light shows through thin paper.
す(かす) sukasu · kun reading · less common
透かす
to hold up to the light (to see through it)
光に 透かして 見ます。
I hold it up to the light and look.
す(ける) sukeru · kun reading · less common
透ける
to show through
うすい 布は 中が 透けます。
You can see through thin cloth.
Practise writing 透 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 透 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.