とん
ツウ, ツ, とお.る, とお.り, -とお.り, -どお.り, とお.す, とお.し, -どお.し, かよ.う, どうし, どおり, みち
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters

This kanji has 9 strokes: 7 in the "road" radical (しんにゅう) and 2 other strokes.

Sample compounds (62) :


  1. つう
    connoisseur, counter for letters

  2. とおり
    avenue, street, way

  3. とおす
    to let pass, to overlook, to continue, to keep, to make way for, to persist in

  4. とおる
    to pass (by), to go through, to walk along, to pass exams
  5. じる
    つうじる
    to run to, to lead to, to communicate, to understand, to be well informed
  6. ぶっ
    ぶっとおし
    (a-no) continuous
  7. りかかる
    とおりかかる
    to happen to pass by

  8. いっつう
    one copy (of a document)

  9. ふつう
    suspension, interruption, stoppage, tie-up, cessation

  10. なかどおり
    intermediate street

  11. ないつう
    secret understanding, collusion

  12. ほんどおり
    main street, boulevard

  13. のりとおる
    to ride through, to ride along

  14. ふたとおり
    duplicate pair, two kinds, two ways, twofold

  15. こうつう
    communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse

  16. よどおし
    all night

  17. つうしょう
    commerce, trade

  18. うらどおり
    back street, side street, alley

  19. ひとどおり
    pedestrian traffic

  20. ぜんつう
    opening of the whole (railway line)

  21. つうねん
    common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea

  22. つうぞく
    popular, common
  23. パラレル
    パラレルつうしん
    parallel communication
  24. イタルタス
    イタルタスつうしん
    ITAR-TASS News Agency
  25. インタファクス
    インタファクスつうしん
    Interfax news agency
  26. しで
    はたらきとおしで
    working right on through

  27. つうぶん
    (vs) reduce
  28. エリア
    きゅうつうエリア
    common area

  29. きりとおす
    to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)

  30. ふきとおす
    to blow through, to blow ceaselessly

  31. とおりな
    one's popular name, house name

  32. つうがく
    commuting to school

  33. つうじょう
    (a-no) common, general, usually

  34. つうちょう
    passbook
  35. しに
    ぶっとおしに
    all through, throughout, without a break, continuously
  36. ける
    とおりぬける
    to cut through, to go through

  37. おしとおす
    to persist in, to carry out, to have one's own way, to push through, to carry through
  38. かる
    とおりかかる
    to happen to pass by

  39. ぶんつう
    correspondence, exchange of letters

  40. つうぎょう
    all night, thorough knowledge

  41. かんつう
    (vs) pierce, penetrate, perforate

  42. つらぬきとおす
    to enforce (one's) will

  43. つうき
    ventilation, airflow

  44. つうち
    (vs) notice, notification

  45. つうけん
    laboratory

  46. しつう
    adultery, illicit intercourse

  47. たてとおす
    to push through (an idea)

  48. すどうり
    (vs) passing through without stopping, passing by

  49. かちとおす
    to win straight victories

  50. みとおし
    perspective, unobstructed view, outlook, forecast, prospect, insight

  51. みとおす
    to see without obstruction, to forecast, to predict

  52. つうやく
    (vs) interpretation

  53. つうせつ
    (obs) prevailing view, common opinion

  54. つうか
    currency

  55. つうろ
    passage, pathway

  56. すきとおる
    to be(come) transparent

  57. つうか
    (vs) passage through, passing
  58. ぎる
    とおりすぎる
    to pass, to pass through

  59. やりとおす
    to carry through, to achieve, to complete

  60. とおりあめ
    shower

  61. かぜとおし
    ventilation

  62. ゆうづう
    (vs) lending (money), accommodation, adaptability, versatility, finance
Kanji Character : 通
Kuten Encoding : 3644
SJIS Encoding : 444c
Unicode Encoding : 901a
Old Nelson Index : 4703
Radical Number : 162
Frequency Ranking : 72
Gakken Index : 71
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 3109
Heisig Index : 1408
Henshall Index : 176
New Nelson Index : 6063
O'Neil Index : 1239
Stroke Count : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2q7.18
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : q
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 18
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 150
SKIP Code : 3-3-7
De Roo Code : 3553
Four Corner Code : 3730.2
Korean reading : tong
Pinyin reading : tong4
Morohashi Index String : 38892P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 11.0069
Morohashi Index Number : 38892
Morohashi Page : 69
Morohashi Volume : 11
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Missclassification Codes
  1. SP3-2-7
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3553
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