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On-Yomi: ト — Kun-Yomi: わた.る、-わた.る、わた.す
Koohii stories:
1) [Stormchild] 3-8-2006(294): This particular form of transit is a ferry (one of the actual meanings of this character). Naturally it can only cross the water if it's not frozen, so the temperature must be above 0 degrees.
2) [Istvan] 15-7-2007(29): The transit system in Tokyo is one of the best in the wrold, but why is it that when it is 35 degrees outside, it is about 2 degrees on the train? Or when it is 2 degrees outside, it is 35 degrees inside the train. This degree of difference means I am always sweating then getting the chills! I think I caught a fever!
3) [Perry] 16-3-2009(25): Hint: This is most commonly used in わたる, meaning to cross (a river etc) - most of the other readings are fairly obscure. I guess Heisig didn't use that because of the earlier 'crossing' kanji, but there we go. Story: the Dwarves who live in the Arctic caverns develop a transit system (perhaps of husky drawn carts) on the frozen water when its -20 degrees so they can cross to the other caverns.
4) [tomtosh] 20-12-2007(22): This kanji becomes a snap when you think of a surveyor's instrument called a transit! The transit has a small, curved liquid tube (with an air bubble) and a scale marked in degrees so you can tell if something is level or not.
5) [mantixen] 16-10-2008(11): Water may change several degrees during transit.