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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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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
- —通期whole financial year; full business year
- —通貫piercing through; penetrating; perforating; persisting; sticking (e.g. to beliefs)
- —通名name one goes by; popular name; common name; nickname
- —通底being connected at a fundamental level; having an unseen commonality; underlying (both)
- —通婚marriage; intermarriage
- —通言common saying; slang; argot
- —通所making regular visits to a social welfare facility
- —同通simultaneous interpretation
- —通直straight grain (wood)
- —通理generally understood logic; clear logic; rationality; making sense
- —通券ticket; pass; pass token
- —連通communication; connection; joining together
- —通塾attending a cram school; commuting to a cram school
- —通水flushing (with water or other liquid); passing water through (something)
- —通格common case
- —通特commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
- —通経stimulation of the menstrual flow; being familiar with the Confucian classics
- —通快commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
- —木通Akebia stem (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- —通時diachrony