noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. seeing through.
  2. fluoroscopy, roentgenoscopy.
  3. clairvoyance, seeing through (objects), second sight.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
透視 とうし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

transparent, permeate, filter
トウ とう.る す.く (7th, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (7th, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
inspection, regard as, see
シ み.る み (6th, N1)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)