Kanji N3

渡: transit, ford, ferry

渡 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning transit, ford, ferry, written with 12 strokes. It is read ト (on) and わたる, わたす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 渡す (わたす, to ferry across) and 渡る (わたる, to cross over).

渡

Meanings

  • transit
  • ford
  • ferry
  • cross
  • import
  • deliver
  • diameter
  • migrate
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#446 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ト

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • わたる
  • -わたる
  • わたす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 渡

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 渡すわたす

    to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across

    JLPT N5
  • 渡るわたる

    to cross over; to go across

    JLPT N5
  • 渡り鳥わたりどり

    migratory bird; bird of passage

    JLPT N1
  • 橋渡しはしわたし

    mediation; good offices; go-between

    JLPT N1
  • 見渡すみわたす

    to look out over; to survey (scene)

    JLPT N1
  • 渡航とこう

    voyage; passage; travelling

  • 譲渡じょうと

    transfer; assignment; conveyance

  • 渡りわたり

    crossing; passage; transit

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.