通じる
つうじる · tsuujiru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan
to run to
🛤️📞 通 = pass through: a road gets through to a place, words get through to people
The kanji 通 means to pass through, as in 交通 (traffic). With the verb ending じる, it means getting through: a path reaches a place, a phone line connects, or your meaning reaches the other person, as in 話が通じる.
通 — 辵 (辶) walk + 甬 yǒng (phonetic)
通 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 辶 (chuò) component means 'walk' or 'movement', giving the meaning of going through or passing. 甬 (yǒng), originally depicting a hanging bell or a path, supplies the sound. Together they convey 'to pass through, communicate, connect'.