Character · Actions
通
とおる tōruとおす tōsuつうず tsūzuとおれば tōreba
pass through
Composition
Origin
Walking 辶 gives the sense of passing through unhindered; 甬 supplies the sound.
In the thoughts
- 通るtōrupasses
- 通すtōsupierce through
- 通ずtsūzua way opens
- 通ればtōrebaif it passes
- 通せばtōsebaif you force
Proverbs carrying this character
- 164 雀の子そこのけそこのけお馬が通る Little sparrows, make way, make way! The horse is passing.
- 189 一念岩をも通す A resolute will pierces even rock.
- 191 窮すれば通ず At the dead end, a way opens.
- 265 無理が通れば道理引っ込む When abuse passes, reason withdraws.
- 294 智に働けば角が立つ。情に棹させば流される。意地を通せば窮屈だ。 Act on reason, and you grow sharp-cornered. Pole along feeling, and you are swept away. Force your will, and you are cramped. Decidedly, the human world is hard to live in.