通
avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., pass through, traffic
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
10 / 10
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:10
JLPT:4
Frequency:80
Vocabulary
ツ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通夜 | ツヤ | all-night vigil over a body; wake |
| 半通夜 | ハンツヤ | wake; vigil (that does not last the full night) |
ツウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開通 | カイツウ | opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services |
| 共通 | キョウツウ | common; shared; mutual; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide |
| 共通語 | キョウツウゴ | common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country) |
| 交通 | コウツウ | traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse |
| 交通機関 | コウツウキカン | (means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一通 | いっつう | one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) |
| 一通り | ひととおり | generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less; (more or less) everything; all parts; bit of everything; whole process; ordinary; usual; average; common; one method |
| 一方通行 | いっぽうつうこう | one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided |
| 似通う | にかよう | to resemble closely |
| 人通り | ひとどおり | pedestrian traffic |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
随
all, at the mercy of (the waves), both, comply, during, follow, notwithstanding, obey, submit to, though, while
Grade 8JLPT 1
能
ability, capacity, skill, talent
Grade 5JLPT 3
迫
force, imminent, spur on, urge
Grade 8JLPT 1
削
pare, plane, sharpen, shave, whittle
Grade 8JLPT 1
遍
everywhere, generally, times, widely
Grade 8JLPT 1
連
clique, connect, gang, join, lead, party, take along
Grade 4JLPT 3
運
advance, carry, destiny, fate, lot, luck, progress, transport
Grade 3JLPT 4
逸
deviate, diverge, elude, evade, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, parry
Grade 8JLPT 1
遭
association, encounter, interview, join, meet, party
Grade 8JLPT 1
態
appearance, attitude, condition, figure, voice (of verbs)
Grade 5JLPT 1