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 (Early Jr. High, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (Early Jr. High, 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)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
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)