筒 — kanji meaning “cylinder”
筒
cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve
- Meanings
- cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- つつ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1631 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 118
- Chinese reading
- tǒng — Chinese character page
Words with 筒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封筒 | ふうとう fuutou | envelope |
| 水筒 | すいとう suitou | canteen; flask; water bottle |
| 筒井 | つつい tsutsui | round well |
| 気筒 | きとう kitou | cylinder |
| 円筒 | えんとう entou | cylinder |
| 井筒 | いづつ izutsu | well curb; well kerb |
| 筒抜け | つつぬけ tsutsunuke | being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.) |
| 竹筒 | たけづつ takezutsu | container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder |
| 発煙筒 | はつえんとう hatsuentou | smoke bomb; smoke candle |
| 発炎筒 | はつえんとう hatsuentou | (warning) flare (esp. used on roads and railways) |
| 矢筒 | やづつ yazutsu | quiver |
| 擲弾筒 | てきだんとう tekidantou | grenade launcher |
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