筒 – cylinder, pipe, tube

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The kanji 筒 means cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つつ (tsutsu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	つつ	tsutsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 口・竹・冂・乞・一.

Words using 筒

封筒ふうとうenvelope水筒すいとうcanteen筒つつpipe

Example sentences

だれがこの封筒を破って開けたのか。

Who has torn the envelope open?

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水筒にはほとんど水が残っていない。

There is little water left in the canteen.

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Kanji with the same radical

第策算答管竹筋等築籍笑節簡範筆箱

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.