通 tōng open
Made up of [辶 chuò walking radical 162, 用 yòng to use; to employ; to have to radical 101]Made with 10 strokes.
Related characters
Also uses 辶 chuò component: 边 biān (side) 道 dào (road) ; 逢 féng (to meet by chance) ; 过 guò (past) ; 还 hái (still) ; 进 jìn (to advance) ; 近 jìn (near) ; 连 lián (to link) ; 辽 liáo (distant) ; 迷 mí (to bewilder) ; 谜 mí (riddle) ; 迎 yíng (welcome) ; 遇 yù (to meet) ; 远 yuǎn (far) ; 运 yùn (to move) ; 这 zhè (this)
Also uses 用 yòng component: 铺 pù (store) 葡 pú (grape)
Different tone
同 tóng (same) ; 童 tóng (boy servant)Pronunciation
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Cities
通辽 Tongliao, Inner Mongolia南通 Nantong, Jiangsu
通化 Tonghua, Jilin
昭通 Zhaotong, Yunnan
Proverbs
八仙过海,各显神通 bā xiān guò hǎi, gè xiǎn shén tōng Everyone has their own special skills to contribute一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng Incoherent action, not making any sense