筒
筒 — Cylinder
cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiつつ (tsutsu)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 筒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封筒 | ふうとう fuutou | envelope |
| 筒井 | つつい tsutsui | round well |
| 筒 | つつ tsutsu | pipe; tube; cylinder |
| 円筒 | えんとう entou | cylinder |
| 気筒 | きとう kitou | cylinder |
| 水筒 | すいとう suitou | canteen; flask; water bottle |
Study notes
筒 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1631 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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