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Kanji Detail for 渡 - "to cross, to pass, ferry"

渡

  • Meaning

    渡 means "to cross, to pass, ferry."

    1. To cross - To traverse by boat over rivers or seas.

    2. To pass - To go through; to elapse.

    3. Ferry - Crossing point; ferry landing.

    4. To hand over - To give; to deliver.

  • Words using 渡

    • 譲渡 じょうと Listen transfer; assignment; conveyance
    • 渡航 とこう Listen voyage; passage; travelling
    • 言い渡す いいわたす Listen to announce; to tell; to sentence
    • 渡す わたす Listen to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse
    • 橋渡し はしわたし Listen mediation; good offices; go-between
    • 手渡す てわたす Listen to hand (over); to deliver in person
    • 渡り鳥 わたりどり Listen migratory bird; bird of passage
    • 過渡期 かとき Listen transition period

  • Tattoo check: 渡

    • Verified meaning: to cross, to pass, ferry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とさき, ほたる, わた, わたさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 渡

    Given names 渡(わたる)Listen

    Surnames 渡(とさき)Listen 渡(ほたる)Listen 渡(わた)Listen 渡(わたさき)Listen 渡(わたり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    transit; ford; ferry; cross; import; deliver; diameter; migrate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cross, ferry over; ferry

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to cross; to pass through; to ferry

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cross, to ferry over, to pass through

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To cross. Going from one shore to the other. All going from here to there is called 渡. As in "transitional period" (過渡時代). | A crossing point is also called 渡. As in ferry crossing (渡口).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    wata.ru(わた-る) わた-る

    wata.su(わた-す) わた-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to cross to pass ferry to hand over traverse bridge transfer deliver span migrate go over ford

Sentences including 渡

  • The facts became known to everyone.

  • There was food enough for us all.

  • Look about you.

  • I attempted to swim across the river.

  • We went down the river in a small boat.

  • There's enough food to go round.

  • Give me what you have in your hand.

  • You should be careful in crossing the street.

  • Cross the street.

  • I think it dangerous for you to cross the river.

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