tōng

to connect; to communicate; to go through

HSK 4 #190

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 190th character
Radical ⾡ (162.7)
Strokes 10
Index # 2145

Definitions

通 tōng
  1. 1. to connect
  2. 2. to communicate
  3. 3. to go through
  4. 4. open
  5. 5. to know well
  6. 6. to clear
  7. 7. (suffix) expert
  8. 8. classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通 tòng
  1. 1. classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

Stroke order

通 stroke order diagram
通 stroke order animation

Words containing 通

Word Meaning
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historical novel on Republican China
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
water and land transport
water and land transport
to be well-informed
to be well-informed
well-informed source; person with inside information
well-informed source; person with inside information
general history of the Qing dynasty; book
to communicate; to connect; to link up
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