Kanji
通
kanji character
traffic
pass through
avenue
commute
counter for letters
notes
documents
etc.
通 kanji-通 traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
通
Meaning
traffic pass through avenue
Readings
Kun'yomi
- とおる
- とおり もの demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
- おお どおり main street
- おもて どおり main street (as opposed to a side street)
- うら どおり side street (often parallel to a main street)
- とおす
- み とおし unobstructed view
- きり どおし road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain
- もんがら どおし Fowler's snake eel (Ophichthus erabo)
- かよう
On'yomi
- つう しん correspondence
- つう か currency
- つう じょう usual
- つ や all-night vigil over a body
- お つ や all-night vigil over a body
- はん つ や wake
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Common Words
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通 信 correspondence, communication, transmission... -
通 りin accordance with, following, roughly... -
通 貨 currency -
通 常 usual, ordinary, normal... -
見 通 unobstructed view, perspective, visibility... -
共 通 common, shared, mutual... -
交 通 traffic, transportation, communication... -
普 通 normal, ordinary, regular... -
通 産 省 (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), MITI -
流 通 circulation (of money, goods, etc.)... -
通 るto go by, to go past, to go along... -
見 通 しunobstructed view, perspective, visibility... -
通 authority, expert, connoisseur... -
通 過 passing through (a tunnel, station, town... -
通 勤 commuting to work -
通 行 passage (of people or vehicles), passing (through), traffic... -
通 達 notification, official notice, directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)... -
通 知 notice, notification, report... -
通 訳 interpretation (i.e. oral translation), interpreter -
通 話 telephone call, speaking over the telephone, (Internet) voice call... -
通 学 commuting to school, school commute -
通 帳 passbook, bankbook -
通 路 passage, pathway, roadway... -
通 うto go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus... -
通 すto stick through, to force through, to spread throughout... -
通 算 total, sum, aggregate -
通 商 commerce, trade -
通 夜 all-night vigil over a body, wake -
通 じ(bowel) movement, evacuation, defecation... -
通 用 (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.)...