つうかん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. piercing through; penetrating; perforating
2. persisting; sticking (e.g. to beliefs)
Kanji used
pass through
pierce through
Pitch accent
うかん
Composed of
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows