Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #1035

transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

walk shinnyō

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

opaque; obscure
transparent; clear
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas)
dialysis
(artificial) dialysis
penetration; permeation
transparency
seeing through

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.)
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down
to be transparent; to be see-through
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind)

Example sentences

This transparent liquid contains a kind of poison.

This transparent liquid contains poison.

Science and technology have come to pervade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented.

I believe it will be quite a long time before the spirit of democracy pervades our daily life.