Kanji 透: "transparent, permeate, filter"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 透

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 透とう明めいtransparent; clear
• 見み透すかすto see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
• 透すけるto be transparent; to show through
• 透すき通とおるto be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear · to be clear (of a voice or sound)
• 浸しん透とうpermeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread; penetration (e.g. into a market) · permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; percolation
• 半はん透とう明めいsemi-transparent; translucent
• 透すかすto look through · to hold up to the light
• 透とう視しseeing through · fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy
• 見みえ透すくto be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
• 不ふ透とう明めいopaque; obscure; murky; turbid · opacity; obscurity
• 透とう明めい感かんfeeling of transparency; sense of translucence · clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression
• 透とう過かpenetration; permeation; transmission

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