透 — kanji meaning “transparent”
透
transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
- Meanings
- transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- す.く、す.かす、す.ける、とう.る、とう.す
- Name readings
- とおる
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1035 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- tòu — Chinese character page
Words with 透
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透明 | とうめい toumei | transparent; clear |
| 不透明 | ふとうめい futoumei | opaque; obscure; murky |
| 浸透 | しんとう shintou | permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread |
| 透視 | とうし toushi | seeing through |
| 透析 | とうせき touseki | dialysis |
| 透き通る | すきとおる sukitooru | to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear |
| 透過 | とうか touka | penetration; permeation; transmission |
| 透かし | すかし sukashi | watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.) |
| 肩透かし | かたすかし katasukashi | under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down |
| 透ける | すける sukeru | to be transparent; to show through |
| 見透かす | みすかす misukasu | to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings) |
| 透徹 | とうてつ toutetsu | transparency |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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