渡 – transit, ford, ferry

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#446 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 渡 means transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ト (to); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わた.る、-わた.る、わた.す (wataru, wataru, watasu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ト	to
Kun’yomi	わた.る	wataru
Kun’yomi	-わた.る	wataru
Kun’yomi	わた.す	watasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・又・广.

Words using 渡

渡すわたすto ferry across (e.g. a river)渡るわたるto cross over渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird橋渡しはしわたしmediation見渡すみわたすto look out over

Example sentences

走者がリレーでバトンを渡さなければなりません。

A runner must pass the baton in a relay race.

Tatoeba #192496

それじゃあこのメモを渡してください。緊急です。

Then, please give him this note. This is urgent.

Tatoeba #205820

この城から町を見渡すことができる。

This castle overlooks the city.

Tatoeba #221095

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準深

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