IDENTITY
通tōngthrough; to understand; unobstructed
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
through; to understand; unobstructed
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to pass throughHSK2
- 2.to understandHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 辶walk radical (chuò)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿺辶甬
- moving
- gives the sound tōng
USAGE
Common words
通过tōngguòto pass
交通jiāotōngtraffic
通知tōngzhīto notify
Graded examples
他通过了考试。Tā tōngguò le kǎoshì.HSK3
He passed the exam.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 痛
LEARNING
Memory aid
Moving (辶) through an open path (甬) — passing, connecting.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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