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JLPT N5 · Noun

封筒 (fuutou)

封筒 (ふうとう, fuutou) is a Japanese noun meaning “envelope”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ふうとう
Romaji
fuutou
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. envelope · noun

Example sentences

だれがこの封筒を破って開けたのか。
Who has torn the envelope open?
Tatoeba #203217

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 封筒

封
seal, closingフウ・ホウ · 9 strokes
筒
cylinder, pipe, tubeトウ・つつ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 封筒.

封ふうseal同封どうふうenclosing (e.g. with a letter)封鎖ふうさblockade封建ほうけんfeudalism水筒すいとうcanteen筒つつpipe

Source: JMdict entry 1499690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.