透 — Chinese character
透
tòu
to pierce, to penetrate, to pass through; thorough
- Pinyin
- tòu
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 辶 秀
- Formation
- pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 秀
- Japanese
- 透 as a kanji
Common words with 透
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny |
| 渗透 (滲透) | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 透视 (透視) | tòu shì | (drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray |
| 穿透 | chuān tòu | to penetrate |
| 透彻 (透徹) | tòu chè | penetrating; thorough; incisive |
| 湿透 (濕透) | shī tòu | drenched; wet through |
| 看透 | kàn tòu | to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade |
| 透气 (透氣) | tòu qì | to flow freely (of air); to ventilate |
| 透镜 (透鏡) | tòu jìng | lens (optics) |
English words written with 透
- perspective
- transparent
- transparency
- penetrate
- opaque
- penetrating
- rosy
- drenched
- lotto
- translucent
- divulge
- permeability
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.