Onyomi: ト · Kunyomi: -わた.る, わた.す, わた.る · Meanings: cross, deliver, diameter, ferry, ford, import, migrate, transit
Kanji for cross, deliver, diameter, ferry, ford
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渡 is made from 氵, meaning “water,” on the left, and 度, meaning “measure” or “extent,” on the right. The image is of crossing or measuring the distance over water. From this idea, 渡 came to mean to cross, go over, or ferry across a river or body of water.
渡 shows crossing water, representing going over or ferrying across.
Picture yourself measuring the distance and carefully crossing a river. That act of crossing is 渡.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 渡す | わたす | to ferry across (e.g. a river), to carry across, to traverse | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 渡る | わたる | to cross over, to go across | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 渡り鳥 | わたりどり | migratory bird, bird of passage | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 渡米 | とべい | going to the United States | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 渡り合う | わたりあう | to fight (with), to cross swords, to compete (with) | Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 渡来 | とらい | visit (from abroad) | Noun, Suru verb |
| 渡り | わたり | crossing, passage, transit | common Noun |
| 渡航 | とこう | voyage, passage, travelling | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 渡し | わたし | ferry (crossing), ferry(boat) | common Noun |
| 渡り廊下 | わたりろうか | roofed corridor connecting two buildings, connecting passageway | Noun |
| 渡欧 | とおう | going to Europe, trip to Europe | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 渡仏 | とふつ | going to France | Noun, Suru verb |
| 渡し船 | わたしぶね | ferry, ferryboat | Noun |
| 渡瀬地鼠 | わたせじねずみ | lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei), Watase's shrew | Noun |
| 渡信天翁 | わたりあほうどり | wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) | Noun |