# 透 — Transparent

Frequency rank 1145 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 債 (Debt), less common than 煮 (Boil).

- On’yomi: とう
- Kun’yomi: す
- Radical: 辵 Walk (Kangxi 162)
- Frequency path: Level IX of XX

A road below, with a lid over a person above — a person under a lid on the road is so thin you can see right through them, transparent.

In words:

- 透明 とうめい — transparency,cleanness
- 透き通る すきとおる — to be(come) transparent

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