通 pass

Also: commute

On'yomi: ツウ、ツ
Kun'yomi: とお-る、かよ-う
Strokes: 10
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): とお-る.

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

通 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A road (⻌) running straight through a hollow pipe (甬) — traffic passes through, and you commute along it every day.

A common word

交通こうつう traffic

Example sentences

この道は車がよく通ります。
このみちはくるまがよくとおります。
A lot of cars pass along this road.
兄はバスで会社に通っています。
あにはバスでかいしゃにかよっています。
My older brother commutes to work by bus.

Kanji that share a part

⻌ is its radical. 54 kanji share it in all.

甬 is a component.

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