Chinese symbol for “unblock”

疏通

shū tōng

to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unblock is 疏通 (shū tōng), defined as: to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate.

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Characters and stroke order

疏 shū

to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless

radical 103 ⽦ · 12 strokes

通 tōng

to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common

radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疏通.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
疏散	shū sǎn	idle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
疏忽	shū hu	to neglect; to overlook
疏远 (疏遠)	shū yuǎn	to drift apart; to become estranged
疏导 (疏導)	shū dǎo	to dredge; to open up a path for
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

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.