"通" meaning in Japanese

See 通 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: Second grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. to pass through Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-通-ja-character--GITVFap Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese second grade kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 14 32 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 30 12 30 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 13 33 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 53 8 21 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 30 13 31 27 Derived forms: 素通り (sudōri) (ruby: 素(す), 通(どお)), 通貨 (tsūka) (ruby: 通(つう), 貨(か)), 通学 (tsūgaku) (ruby: 通(つう), 学(がく)), 通勤 (tsūkin) (ruby: 通(つう), 勤(きん)), 通信 (tsūshin) (ruby: 通(つう), 信(しん)), 通説 (tsūsetsu) (ruby: 通(つう), 説(せつ)), 通達 (tsūtatsu) (ruby: 通(つう), 達(たつ)), 通知 (tsūchi) (ruby: 通(つう), 知(ち)), 通宝 (tsūhō) (ruby: 通(つう), 宝(ほう)), 通報 (tsūhō) (ruby: 通(つう), 報(ほう)), 通訳 (tsūyaku) (ruby: 通(つう), 訳(やく)), 通例 (tsūrei) (ruby: 通(つう), 例(れい))

Counter

IPA: [t͡sɨː] Forms: 通 [canonical] (ruby: 通(つう)), -tsū [romanization]
Etymology: Derived from Middle Chinese 通 (MC thuwng). Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|ja|ltc|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Chinese, {{der+|ja|ltc|-}} Derived from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|通}} 通 (MC thuwng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|counter|つう}} 通(つう) • (-tsū)
  1. documents
    Sense id: en-通-ja-counter-mxa0TQ4K Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 14 32 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 30 12 30 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 13 33 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 30 13 31 27 Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: [to̞ːɾɯ̟] Forms: 通 [canonical] (ruby: 通(とおる)), Tōru [romanization]
Etymology: Nominalization of the verb 通(とお)る (tōru, “to go through, to pass”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|通る|とおる|to go through, to pass}} 通(とお)る (tōru, “to go through, to pass”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|とおる}} 通(とおる) • (Tōru)
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-通-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 14 32 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 30 12 30 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 13 33 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 30 13 31 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 10 40 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨː] Forms: 通 [canonical] (ruby: 通(つう)), tsū [romanization]
Etymology: Derived from Middle Chinese 通 (MC thuwng). Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|ja|ltc|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Chinese, {{der+|ja|ltc|-}} Derived from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|通}} 通 (MC thuwng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|つう}} 通(つう) • (tsū)
  1. authority, expert, connoisseur
    Sense id: en-通-ja-noun-jIL56aUE Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 14 32 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 30 12 30 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 13 33 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 30 13 31 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for 通 meaning in Japanese (8.7kB)

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