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筒

cylinder
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingつつ

Meanings

  1. cylinderRtK
    彼は封筒を破って開けた。He ripped the envelope open.tatoeba
    彼は封筒を切って開けた。He cut the envelope open.tatoeba
  2. pipe
  3. tube
  4. gun barrel
  5. sleeve
  1. gun

Popular Usage

封筒水筒

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · same · monks · hood (冂) · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1015

Compound words

彼は封筒を開けてみたが失望しただけであった。
He opened the envelope only to be disappointed.tatoeba
彼は、その封筒を切り開いた。
He cut the envelope open.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

水筒の中が空っぽだ。
すいとうのなかがからっぽだ。The water bottle is empty.
封筒に名前を書きます。
ふうとうになまえをかきます。I write my name on the envelope.
封筒に切手をはります。
ふうとうにきってをはります。I put a stamp on the envelope.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 筒

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