畅通

The Chinese word 畅通 (chǎngtōng) is composed of two characters: 畅 (chǎng) and 通 (tōng). The character 畅 originally meant "wide" or "spacious", and later extended to mean "smooth" or "unimpeded". The character 通 means "to pass through" or "to connect". When combined, the two characters 畅通 mean "smooth and unobstructed", "暢" is a pictophonetic character, combining the radical "氵" (water) and the phonetic component "暢". The water radical indicates that the character is related to water, while the phonetic component "暢" gives it the pronunciation "chǎng". The character "通" is a semantic-phonetic character, combining the radical "辶" (walk) and the phonetic component "同". The radical "辶" indicates that the character is related to movement, while the phonetic component "同" gives it the pronunciation "tōng".