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通り

とおり

street

Mnemonic

The road that carries on rather than stopping, the same 通 that gets a message through in 通じる. Widest in town, and you could tour とおり it end to end inside ten minutes: とおり.

Worth knowing

通り is the street. Hung on the end of a word it means as per: 予定通り よていどおり, on schedule.

Built from

pass through, commute
辶 the road radical. A way that goes all the way through.

Words sharing these kanji

normal, regular, average to pass, to take, to go through to go to and from, to frequent a place to pass, to communicate with to let pass, to run through

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