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Chinese symbol for “permeability”

透水性
tòu shuǐ xìng
permeability

The closest CC-CEDICT match for permeability is 透水性 (tòu shuǐ xìng), defined as: permeability.

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Characters and stroke order

透 tòu
to pierce, to penetrate, to pass through; thorough
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 透水性.

WordPinyinMeaning
透过 (透過)tòu guòto pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via
透露tòu lùto leak out; to divulge
透明tòu míngtransparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
渗透 (滲透)shèn tòu(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into
透明度tòu míng dùtransparency; (policy of) openness
透视 (透視)tòu shì(drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “permeability”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.