tòu
penetrate
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 秀 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
tòu
penetrate, pass through; to penetrate; to pass through; thoroughly; completely; transparent; to appear; to show
Most common words with 透
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to penetrate | ||
to leak out | ||
transparent | ||
to pass through | ||
to permeate |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 41.8549% of movies
1056th most common character in movies
1077th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+900F |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“透，跳也；過也。从辵，秀聲。” |
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