通 (tōng)
to go through; to connect; open; expert
How 通 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — walk
- Traditional
- 通
- Simplified
- 通 (unchanged)
Components
- 辶 walk
- 龴 N/A
- 用 use
通 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- tōng
- to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect
- tòng
- classifier for sections of music playing; classifier for bouts of unpleasant language
Common words using 通
- 交通 jiāotōng
- to be connected; traffic; transportation
- 普通 pǔtōng
- common; ordinary; general
- 溝通 gōutōng
- to join; to connect; to link up
- 聯通 liántōng
- China United Telecommunications Corporation; abbr. to China Unicom or Unicom; abbr. of 中國聯通|中国联通
- 通宵 tōngxiāo
- overnight
- 通知 tōngzhī
- to notify; to inform; notice
- 通過 tōngguò
- by means of; through; via
- 開通 kāitong
- to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transport routes etc); open-minded
- 亨通 hēngtōng
- to go smoothly; prosperous; going well
- 全球通 quánqiútōng
- Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
- 南通 nántōng
- Nantong prefecture level city in Jiangsu
- 卡通 kǎtōng
- cartoon
通 in a sentence
馬桶不通，需要找人來修。
Mǎtǒng bù tōng, xūyào zhǎo rén lái xiū.
“The toilet is clogged (not going through); we need to find someone to fix it.”
How common is 通?
通 is the 190th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 54.7% of all running text.
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