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筒 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
つつtsutsu
Meaning
tube; cylinder

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

竹 "bamboo" with 同 "to pierce through": a bamboo hollow all the way through — a tube.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō封筒ふうとう水筒すいとう円筒形えんとうけい
Kunつつtsutsu筒つつ筒抜けつつぬけ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 封筒ふうとう

    an envelope

  • 水筒すいとう

    a water bottle

More words with this kanji

  • 喞筒そくとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

手紙(てがみ)を封筒(ふうとう)に入(い)れる。

I put the letter in an envelope.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

封筒水筒筒封seal水water竹bamboo竺thick竽an anc…笈backpa…竿pole悼mourn棟ridgep…搭board酬repay謄transc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading トウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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