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通 kanji
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ツウツ
Kun readings
とおるとおり-とおり-どおりとおすとおし-どおしかよう
Words with 通
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —パソ通online communications; personal computer communications (esp. pre-Internet); pre-Internet online service
- —通過者acceptee; accepted candidate; person who has passed (e.g. a test); passer-by; transiter
- —流通網distribution network; distribution channels
- —通信使Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period)
- —通信士radio operator; telegraphist; telegraph operator; radio officer
- —通用音popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
- —通風管ventilation pipe; airflow pipe; ventiduct
- —通気口air vent
- —通知音notification sound
- —通学帽hat worn by kindergarten or primary school pupils walking to school
- —通訳士(professional) interpreter
- —通勤客commuter; season-ticket passenger
- —通じ薬laxative; purgative; evacuant
- —連通管communicating vessels
- —普通品average-quality article
- —普通にnormally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; sufficiently; actually; genuinely; truly; without any issues; without any difficulty; (surprisingly) well; just fine; naturally
- —通好みfor connoisseurs; preferred by experts
- —文通費Diet members' monthly allowance for postage, communication, transport and accommodation
- —通行者passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
- —普通児normal child; non-disabled child; child without a disability