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The kanji 通: meaning, readings and stroke order
通
- Meaning
- pass through, commute
- On reading
- ツウ tsuu、ツ* tsu
- Kun reading
- とお（る） tooru、とお（す） toosu、かよ（う） kayou
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đi qua, đi lại (thông)
- Japanese
- とおる。かよう。
- Korean
- 지나가다, 다니다 (통)
- Chinese
- 通过、往来
Readings, words and example sentences
ツウ tsuu · on reading
交通
traffic
交通の きまりを よく まもります。
I always follow the traffic rules.
とお（る） tooru · kun reading
通る
to go past, to go through
毎朝 この 店の 前を 通ります。
I walk past this shop every morning.
とお（す） toosu · kun reading
通す
to thread, to let through
細い はりに 糸を 通します。
I put a thread through a thin needle.
かよ（う） kayou · kun reading
通う
to go regularly
毎日 歩いて 学校に 通って います。
I walk to school every day.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 通 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 通 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 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.