Chinese symbol for “permeable”

透水

tòu shuǐ

permeable; percolation; water leak

The closest CC-CEDICT match for permeable is 透水 (tòu shuǐ), defined as: permeable; percolation; water leak.

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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

Related words

Other words that share a character with 透水.

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
水平	shuǐ píng	horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果	shuǐ guǒ	fruit

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.