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
通信
tōngxìn
communication; to correspond
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 通信很方便。 Tōng xìn hěn fāng biàn. Communication is very convenient.
- 我们常通信。 Wǒ men cháng tōng xìn. We often write to each other.
- 这里通信好。 Zhè lǐ tōng xìn hǎo. Communication is good here.
Related words
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 通 tōng to be open; to connect
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 通知 tōngzhī to notify; notice
- 通常 tōngcháng usually
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 沟通 gōutōng to communicate
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 通用 tōngyòng general use; universal
- 短信 duǎnxìn text message