透
(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #981 U+900F
How 透 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 秀 (phonetic, xiù)
How to remember it
penetrate · Heisig RSH #776
秀 elegant + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 秀
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 秀 (xiù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秀 sound component | xiù | elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant |
| 绣 | xiù | to embroider; embroidery; ornament |
| 锈 | xiù | to rust, to corrode |
| 莠 | yǒu | weeds, tares; evil, undesirable |
Words containing 透
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不透水 | bù tòu shuǐ | waterproof; watertight; impermeable |
| 透水性 | tòu shuǐ xìng | permeability |
| 不透气 | bù tòu qì | airtight |
| 密不透风 | mì bù tòu fēng | sealed off; impenetrable |
| 透平机 | tòu píng jī | turbine |
| 不透明 | bù tòu míng | opaque |
| 透通性 | tòu tōng xìng | transparency (networking) |
| 中乐透 | zhòng lè tòu | to win in a lotto game |
| 透明程度 | tòu míng chéng dù | transparency |
| 透明质酸 | tòu míng zhì suān | hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 透视学 | tòu shì xué | perspective (in drawing) |
| 透视法 | tòu shì fǎ | perspective (in drawing) |
| 半透明 | bàn tòu míng | translucent; semitransparent |
| 路透集团 | Lù tòu jí tuán | Reuters group plc |
| 没有不透风的墙 | méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng | (idiom) no secret can be kept forever |
| 透视画法 | tòu shì huà fǎ | perspective drawing |
| 透水 | tòu shuǐ | permeable; percolation; water leak |
| 透气 | tòu qì | to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fre… |
| 透视图 | tòu shì tú | perspective drawing |