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音読おんよみ: トウ

訓読くんよみ:・すける・とお

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: しんにょう(辶)

Meaning

Transparent / Penetrate / Appear

Conjugation
Tap for 透ける (show through) Tap for 透る (pass through)
  • 透明とうめい — transparent; clear
  • 透過とうか — penetration; transmission (of light)
  • 浸透しんとう — permeation; infiltration
  • 透写とうしゃ — tracing; copying through transparency
  • 透視とうし — see-through vision; X-ray view
  • 透けるすける — to be see-through; to show through

The radical しんにょう means “movement” or “path,” while the right part hints at light or clarity. Together, describes something that moves or passes through — like light through glass or water.

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