通

Meaning

Pass through, commute · pasar, transitar

Readings

• On (音読み): ツウ・ツ
• Kun (訓読み): とお.る・とお.す・かよ.う

Example words

• 通る（とおる）— to pass through
• 通う（かよう）— to commute; attend regularly
• 交通（こうつう）— traffic; transportation

Structure

Radical 辵 written as 辶 here (しんにょう・しんにゅう · Walk, road) · 10 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

通る = pass through once; 通う = go somewhere regularly (学校に通う, like asistir). The place you pass through takes を, not で: 道を通る, like Spanish pasar por. The suffix ～通り takes rendaku (どおり): 予定通り よていどおり (as planned), いつも通り いつもどおり (as usual).