EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 9
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to let pass; to allow through; to let through; to make way (for)

    彼はトラックを通すために車を横に寄せた。
    He pulled aside to let a truck pass.
  2. to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to let permeate (e.g. water through a fabric); to permit through; to let through (e.g. air); to run through (e.g. a pipe); to penetrate; to let in

  3. to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to thread (e.g. a needle); to put through

  4. to connect (e.g. two places); to open (a route, path, etc.); to link (e.g. by a road); to establish (a connection between); to join; to extend up to (somewhere)

  5. to pass (a student, applicant, etc.); to admit (e.g. a student); to let through; to let in

  6. to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to guide in; to admit (someone)

  7. to present logically; to make (e.g. one's argument) convincing; to be consistent (in one's reasoning); to stick to (e.g. one's principles)

    see 筋を通す

  8. to go through (e.g. a middleman); to put as an intermediary; to mediate via (somebody); to do via (something)

    as 通して...する

  9. to pass (a law); to put through (e.g. a motion); to make way (for)

  10. to listen through (a door, wall, etc.); to look through (e.g. a window)

    also written 透す

  11. to heat thorougly (of food); to cook properly; to warm well; to heat evenly

    Food, cookingas 火(熱)を~

  12. to dip into (e.g. a sauce); to pass through (e.g. a broth); to put through (e.g. boiling water)

    Food, cooking

  13. to make (someone) approve (e.g. a plan); to force agreement; to push through (a proposal, idea, will, etc.); to have one's way

  14. to continue (in a state); to persist in (doing); to keep doing; to remain (in a state)

    also as で~

  15. to do through the lens of; to view from the angle of; to do from the perspective of

    usu. as 通して...する

  16. to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole

    see 目を通す

  17. to do from beginning to end without a break; to finish in one session; to do all at once; to do in one go

    as 通して...する

  18. to relay (a message, an order, etc.); to convey (an intention, meaning, etc.); to send through; to pass on (e.g. information); to make heard (e.g. one's voice)

  19. Suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to do ... to the end; to do ... continuously; to carry through ...; to complete ...

    after the -masu stem of a verbsee やり通す

Also written 徹す【とおす】透す【とおす】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

Kun
とお.るとお.り-とお.り-どお.りとお.すとお.し-どお.しかよ.う
On
ツウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
80 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

とんどうしどおりみち

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-7, 3-2-7SKIP code
2q7.18The Kanji Dictionary
3730.2Four corner code
3553deroo
901aUnicode hex code
1-36-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4703Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6063New Nelson (John Haig)
3109New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3855Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1982Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2678Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1408Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1511Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
71A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1239Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
201Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38892PMorohashi
176A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
150Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
150Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
281sakade
261Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193henshall3
198Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
97crowley
204Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
695Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1420Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tong1, tong4Pinyin reading
tongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level