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The Chinese word tong - 通 - tōng
(expert in in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

tōng

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English translations

expert in, through, to communicate, to know, to lead to,
unobstructed

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 通 ( tōng ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( tong / tōng ) with pronunciation (English translation: expert in )
The traditional Chinese characters of tōng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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通 is composed of 11 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to be great at  |  generalist
通 ( tong / tōng ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 216)
Chinese example words containing the character 通 ( tong / tōng )
交通 ( jiāotōng = traffic ), 交通灯 ( jiāotōngdēng = traffic light ), 普通 ( pŭtōng = common ), 普通话 ( pŭtōnghuà = Putonghua language ), 通风 ( tōngfēng = ventilation ), 通过 ( tōngguò = to approve ), 通信 ( tōngxìn = communication ), 通知 ( tōngzhī = to notify ), 中国联通 ( zhōngguóliántōng = China Unicom )
More words that mean through in Chinese
guò ( 过 )

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