Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

筒: cylinder, pipe

Also: tube, gun barrel, sleeve

JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

竹 carries the meaning · 同 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 水筒すいとうcanteen, flask, water bottle
  • 封筒ふうとうenvelope
  • 円筒形えんとうけいcylindrical shape
  • 発煙筒はつえんとうsmoke candle

つつtsutsu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 筒つつpipe, tube
  • 茶筒ちゃづつtea caddy
  • 筒抜けつつぬけpassing or going directly through

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under the bamboo canopy! This radical brings the practicality and craftsmanship of bamboo to the head of many kanji.”
More in the ⺮ bamboo story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
竹

Also built on bamboo (竹)

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同

Also built on same (同)

筒 takes the 同 family's reading, ドウ (dou).

Also read トウ

49 kanji share this on'yomiAll 49

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
筒 cylinder · 同
vs答 solution · 合
筒 has 同 where 答 has 合.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tǒng

Same form: 筒 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
筒 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
筒 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tǒng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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