通 — Chinese character
通
tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
- Pinyin
- tōng
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 辶 甬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 甬
- Japanese
- 通 as a kanji
Common words with 通
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 通讯 (通訊) | tōng xùn | communications; news story |
| 通信 | tōng xìn | to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution |
| 通报 (通報) | tōng bào | to inform; to notify |
| 通用 | tōng yòng | to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) |
| 通道 | tōng dào | (communications) channel; thoroughfare |
English words written with 通
通 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · Art of War 6 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 58 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Analects 17.21
- Art of War 8.4
- Art of War 8.5
- Art of War 10.1
- Art of War 10.2
- Art of War 10.3
- Art of War 11.63
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