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

air vent / opening for ventilation
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
jack-of-all-trades / know-it-all
to intermarry
thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
remarkable ability / magical power
having trading relations (of nations or regions)
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
to have postal communications
to collaborate with the enemy

Sentences with 通

zhè
pù
bù
xià
miàn
zhí
to̅ng
do̅ng
hǎi
lóng
go̅ng