渡 Kanji – transit
The Japanese kanji 渡 can mean transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate.
Meaning and Readings
How is 渡 read?
渡 has the onyomi reading ト and the kunyomi readings わたる, -わたる, わたす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as to, wataru, watasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 渡
These common Japanese words contain 渡. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 過渡（かと） — crossing, ferry
- 過渡期（かとき） — transition period
- 橋渡し（はしわたし） — mediation, good offices, go-between, intermediary, mediator, bridge (between)
- 見渡す（みわたす） — to look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive view of
- 言い渡す（いいわたす） — to announce, to tell, to sentence, to order
- 綱渡り（つなわたり） — tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism
- 手渡す（てわたす） — to hand (over), to deliver in person
- 譲り渡す（ゆずりわたす） — to hand over, to turn over, to cede
- 譲渡（じょうと） — transfer, assignment, conveyance
- 渡し船（わたしぶね） — ferry, ferryboat