Keyword
to go through
- to pass through
- to open
- to connect
- to communicate
- common
- Frequency
- #171
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
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Mnemonic
辶 (walk) gives the meaning and 甬 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
通过
to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
交通
to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison
通常
regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
普通
common; ordinary; general; average
通知
to notify; to inform; notice; notification
通
to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
沟通
to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
通讯
communications; news story; dispatch
通信
to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
流通
to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
通报
to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal
通用
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
通道
(communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage
开通
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
通往
to lead to
卡通
cartoon (loanword)
通行
to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
通车
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service; (Tw) to commute
普通话
Putonghua; standard Mandarin
通话
to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call
普通人
ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
不通
to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical
通讯社
a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
通货膨胀
inflation