透
透 — Transparent
transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiすく (suku)
Kun’yomiすかす (sukasu)
Kun’yomiすける (sukeru)
Kun’yomiとうる (touru)
Kun’yomiとうす (tousu)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 透
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不透明 | ふとうめい futoumei | opaque; obscure; murky |
| 透明 | とうめい toumei | transparent; clear |
| 浸透 | しんとう shintou | permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread |
| 透き通る | すきとおる sukitooru | to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear |
| 透析 | とうせき touseki | dialysis |
| 人工透析 | じんこうとうせき jinkoutouseki | (artificial) dialysis |
Study notes
透 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1035 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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