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通 とお.る、とお.り、-とお.り、-どお.り、とお.す、とお.し、-どお.し、かよ.う traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters 4 80 10 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 形声 Phonetic I bounce down the road on my pogo stick, easily getting through the dense traffic. (Note: New primitive: chop-seal + utilize = pogo stick. Because a chop-seal is long and thin with a rubbery bit at the end. If it were big enough, you could utilize it as a pogo stick). [Edit: pogo stick also appears in 1409, 1690, 2530].

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ツウ、ツ とん, どうし, どおり, みち 通信(つうしん): correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal見通し(みとおし): (1) unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista (2) forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction (3) insight; foresight共通(きょうつう): (1) commonness; community (2) to be common; to be shared (3) -wide交通(こうつう): traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse通貨(つうか): currency通常(つうじょう): common; general; normal; usual普通(ふつう): (1) general; ordinary; usual (2) normally; generally; usually (3) train that stops at every station流通(りゅうつう): (1) circulation of money or goods; flow of water or air; distribution (2) negotiable (e.g. shares)通過(つうか): passage through; transit; passing通勤(つうきん): commuting to work通知(つうち): notice; notification; report; posting通訳(つうやく): interpretation (i.e. oral translation)通行(つうこう): (1) passage; passing (2) common usage通学(つうがく): commuting to school; school commute通路(つうろ): passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle通る(とおる): (1) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of (2) to run (between); to operate (between); to connect (3) to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in (4) to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through (5) to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted (9) to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for (10) to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain) (13) to be well-informed; to be wise (14) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly通帳(つうちょう): passbook; bankbook融通(ゆうずう): (1) lending (money); finance (2) adaptability; versatility; flexibility; accommodation直通(ちょくつう): direct communication不通(ふつう): suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation通う(かよう): (1) to go back and forth; to ply between (2) to commute; to attend (school, church, etc.)通す(とおす): to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in大通り(おおどおり): main street似通う(にかよう): to resemble closely開通(かいつう): opening; open; taking effect; becoming active人通り(ひとどおり): pedestrian traffic通り過ぎる(とおりすぎる): to pass; to pass through交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities通(つう): (1) connoisseur; authority (2) counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.通用(つうよう): (1) popular use; circulation (2) to pass as透き通る(すきとおる): to be(come) transparent一通り(ひととおり): (1) from start to end; in general (2) ordinary; usual (3) briefly; roughly (4) one method通じる(つうじる): (1) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) (2) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to (3) to be understood; to be comprehended (4) to be honored; to be good (5) to be well versed in; to be well-informed (6) to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) (7) to form a liaison; to be intimate通り(とおり): (1) avenue; street; way; road (2) coming and going; street traffic (3) flow (of water, air, etc.) (4) transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice) (5) fame; reputation; popularity (6) the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said) (7) understanding; comprehension (8) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types通り掛かる(とおりかかる): to happen to pass by遣り通す(やりとおす): to carry through; to achieve; to complete通ずる(つうずる): (1) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) (2) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to (3) to be understood; to be comprehended (4) to be honored; to be good (5) to be well versed in; to be well-informed (6) to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) (7) to form a liaison; to be intimate 2 甬: road with walls on both sides辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 (none) traffic Building on gorgon´s story I now change mine to a much more silly and rememberable one. The Chinese police is using a helicopter to check and regulate the traffic. Hanging from the helicopter is a huge chopseal that they utilize to mark some of the cars that are causing trouble on the road.

Kanji	通
Onyomi	ツウ、ツ
Kunyomi	とお.る、とお.り、-とお.り、-どお.り、とお.す、とお.し、-どお.し、かよ.う
Nanori	とん, どうし, どおり, みち
English	traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters
Examples	通信(つうしん): correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal 見通し(みとおし): (1) unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista (2) forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction (3) insight; foresight 共通(きょうつう): (1) commonness; community (2) to be common; to be shared (3) -wide 交通(こうつう): traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse 通貨(つうか): currency 通常(つうじょう): common; general; normal; usual 普通(ふつう): (1) general; ordinary; usual (2) normally; generally; usually (3) train that stops at every station 流通(りゅうつう): (1) circulation of money or goods; flow of water or air; distribution (2) negotiable (e.g. shares) 通過(つうか): passage through; transit; passing 通勤(つうきん): commuting to work 通知(つうち): notice; notification; report; posting 通訳(つうやく): interpretation (i.e. oral translation) 通行(つうこう): (1) passage; passing (2) common usage 通学(つうがく): commuting to school; school commute 通路(つうろ): passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle 通る(とおる): (1) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of (2) to run (between); to operate (between); to connect (3) to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in (4) to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through (5) to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted (9) to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for (10) to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain) (13) to be well-informed; to be wise (14) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly 通帳(つうちょう): passbook; bankbook 融通(ゆうずう): (1) lending (money); finance (2) adaptability; versatility; flexibility; accommodation 直通(ちょくつう): direct communication 不通(ふつう): suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation 通う(かよう): (1) to go back and forth; to ply between (2) to commute; to attend (school, church, etc.) 通す(とおす): to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in 大通り(おおどおり): main street 似通う(にかよう): to resemble closely 開通(かいつう): opening; open; taking effect; becoming active 人通り(ひとどおり): pedestrian traffic 通り過ぎる(とおりすぎる): to pass; to pass through 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities 通(つう): (1) connoisseur; authority (2) counter for letters, notes, documents, etc. 通用(つうよう): (1) popular use; circulation (2) to pass as 透き通る(すきとおる): to be(come) transparent 一通り(ひととおり): (1) from start to end; in general (2) ordinary; usual (3) briefly; roughly (4) one method 通じる(つうじる): (1) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) (2) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to (3) to be understood; to be comprehended (4) to be honored; to be good (5) to be well versed in; to be well-informed (6) to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) (7) to form a liaison; to be intimate 通り(とおり): (1) avenue; street; way; road (2) coming and going; street traffic (3) flow (of water, air, etc.) (4) transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice) (5) fame; reputation; popularity (6) the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said) (7) understanding; comprehension (8) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types 通り掛かる(とおりかかる): to happen to pass by 遣り通す(やりとおす): to carry through; to achieve; to complete 通ずる(つうずる): (1) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) (2) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to (3) to be understood; to be comprehended (4) to be honored; to be good (5) to be well versed in; to be well-informed (6) to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) (7) to form a liaison; to be intimate
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	80
Components	甬: road with walls on both sides 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	traffic
Koohii Story 1	I bounce down the road on my pogo stick, easily getting through the dense traffic. (Note: New primitive: chop-seal + utilize = pogo stick. Because a chop-seal is long and thin with a rubbery bit at the end. If it were big enough, you could utilize it as a pogo stick). [Edit: pogo stick also appears in 1409, 1690, 2530].
Koohii Story 2	Building on gorgon´s story I now change mine to a much more silly and rememberable one. The Chinese police is using a helicopter to check and regulate the traffic. Hanging from the helicopter is a huge chopseal that they utilize to mark some of the cars that are causing trouble on the road.

E.G Pass Counter Flow Communicate Road Pogo Usual