통하다

tonghada · [통하다]

flow · pass · circulate · respond

verbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. flow; pass; circulateTo flow well without any blockage.
  2. respond; make senseFor a speech or sentence to be logical and to be able to deliver a meaning well.
  3. run; conductFor electricity to pass a certain point.
  4. be acceptable; be effectiveFor something to be accepted or become valid.
  5. be known asFor someone to be known to others as a certain being.
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  1. be interrelated; be commonTo be related with each other or to have something in common.
  2. lead toTo be connected to a certain place.
  3. be understood; be acceptedFor one’s intention, thought, etc., to be delivered to someone or understood by someone.
  4. pass; go throughTo pass a certain space by going through it.
  5. useTo use someone or something as a medium, when doing a certain thing.
  6. lastTo span a certain period of time.
  7. be based onTo be based on a certain process or experience.
  8. form; makeTo form a relationship.
  9. useTo use something in doing a certain thing.
  10. be communicatedTo be communicated with each other using a certain language.

Written Forms

통하다Hangul
通하다Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

We really learn a lot through dramas.

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You just need to try to grasp the meaning of the word through the context.

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That is because the sorrow is conveyed deep into the heart through the singers' voices.

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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