通 tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 甬 path
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
通
tōng
to be open; to connect
Character
Example phrases
- 这条路通。 Zhè tiáo lù tōng. This road is open.
- 地铁通了。 Dìtiě tōng le. The subway is running now.
- 电话通了。 Diànhuà tōng le. The phone is connected now.
Related words
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 通知 tōngzhī to notify; notice
- 通常 tōngcháng usually
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 沟通 gōutōng to communicate
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 通用 tōngyòng general use; universal
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through