通 tōng

to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)

to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

to notify; to inform; notice

common; ordinary; general

to be connected; traffic; transportation

Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)

regular; usual; normal

to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication

written notice

to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate

to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)

to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution

(communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage

communications; news story; dispatch

to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call

to inform; to notify; to announce

to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable

to go through; to pass through; to be in general use

unimpeded; free-flowing; straight path

very red; red through and through; to blush (deep red)

ordinary person; private citizen; people

to lead to

cartoon (loanword)

to announce; to give notice; announcement

all night; throughout the night

airy; ventilation; to ventilate

a pass (authority to enter); a laissez-passer or safe conduct

to connect; to put through

to be proficient in; to master (a subject)

to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block