The kanji 筒: meaning, readings and stroke order

筒

Meaning: tube, pipe
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: つつ tsutsu
Strokes: 12
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ống (đồng)
Japanese: まるくほそながいいれもの。つつ。
Korean: 통, 대롱 (통)
Chinese: 筒、管子

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading · less common

水すい筒とう
water bottle
遠足に 水すい筒とうを持って行きます。
I bring a water bottle on the school trip.

つつ tsutsu · kun reading

筒つつ
tube, pipe
紙を 筒つつにして入れます。
I roll the paper into a tube and put it in.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.