to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

= + : In front of the engine a pile of yongzhong bells were blocking the way. Tommy Turtle attended to the matter and cleared the way. He lined the bells up to two lines, put on his gladiator sandals and now marches right through this path screened by walls on two sides like a roman general.
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

通 character breakdown

Yong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1] / short name for Ningbo
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
path screened by walls on both sides

= + : Mnemonic symbol: The path screened by walls to both sides could be the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng. In his grave, a massive set of 64 bianzhong bells was found, of which 45 were 甬钟 bells. Thus, I'm going to represent 甬 by one of these yongzhong bells.

= + : Inside of the engine, Yu the Great wanted to learn how to box. She made the right choice to wear boxing gloves, but as she had no punchbag she used a 甬钟. Like a boss she entered the ring through a path screened by walls on both sides. Unfortunately after her first punch she already had to use the first aid kit, because the bell was way too hard.
to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 通 as component

to heat up (cooked food) by baking or steaming / Taiwan pr. [tong1]
(onom.) thump / thud
Aralia papyrifera

Words with 通

lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links
a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain
having no common measure / incommensurable / incommensurate
inflexible / unaccommodating
the name of various contactless smartcards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)

Sentences with 通

zhè
pù
bù
xià
miàn
zhí
to̅ng
do̅ng
hǎi
lóng
go̅ng