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通信

通信

Chinese

 
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
 
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad.
(通信)

Verb

通信

  1. to correspond (communicate by exchanging letters); to communicate

Noun

通信

  1. correspondence (communication by exchanging letters); communication

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つう
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 通信.

Pronunciation

Noun

通信 (hiragana つうしん, romaji tsūshin)

  1. communication
    飛行機 (ひこうき)からの通信 (つうしん) ()れた。
    Hikōki kara no tsūshin ga kireta.
    We've lost communication with the airplane.
  2. correspondence
  3. news

Compounds

Verb

通信する (transitive, hiragana つうしんする, romaji tsūshin suru)

  1. to communicate (generally using an electronic device)

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

通信 (tongsin) (hangeul 통신)

  1. Hanja form? of 통신, “communication”.