透
transparent; permeate; filter; penetrate
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1035.
Readings
- トウ (on reading): 透明 (とうめい) transparent; 透過 (とうか) penetration
- すける (kun reading): 透ける (すける) to be transparent; 透け感 (すけかん) see-through sensation (for clothing)
- すかす (kun reading): 透かし (すかし) watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); 透かす (すかす) to look through
- すく (kun reading): 透き通る (すきとおる) to be transparent; 見え透く (みえすく) to be transparent
- とうる (kun reading)
- とうす (kun reading)
Components
Words using 透
- 透明 (とうめい) transparent
- 透過 (とうか) penetration
- 浸透 (しんとう) permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.)
- 不透明 (ふとうめい) opaque
- 透明度 (とうめいど) transparency
- 透ける (すける) to be transparent
- 透け感 (すけかん) see-through sensation (for clothing)
- 明け透け (あけすけ) open
- 透けて写る (すけてうつる) to be seen through
- 濡れ透け (ぬれすけ) see-through because of wetness (e.g. clothes)
- 透かし (すかし) watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.)
- 透かす (すかす) to look through
- 肩透かし (かたすかし) under-shoulder swing-down
- 見透かす (みすかす) to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.)
- 透かし彫り (すかしぼり) sukashibori
- 透き通る (すきとおる) to be transparent
- 見え透く (みえすく) to be transparent
- 透く (すく) to be transparent
- 透き通す (すきとおす) to be visible through
- 透渡殿 (すきわたどの) roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture)
- 透り (とおり) penetration (as of light)
- 透破 (とっぱ) ninja
116 words in all.