筒
cylinder, gun barrel, pipe, sleeve, tube
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:2
Frequency:1631
Vocabulary
トウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 円筒 | エントウ | cylinder |
| 気筒 | キトウ | cylinder |
| 水筒 | スイトウ | canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos |
| 封筒 | フウトウ | envelope |
| 発煙筒 | ハツエントウ | smoke bomb; smoke candle |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 筒 | つつ | pipe; tube; cylinder; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining; well curb |
| 筒井 | つつい | round well |
| 井筒 | いづつ | well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb |
| 筒抜け | つつぬけ | being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other |
| ロケット発射筒 | ロケットはっしゃとう | rocket launcher |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
答
answer, solution
Grade 2JLPT 4
箇
counter for articles
Grade 8JLPT 1
策
means, plan, policy, scheme, step
Grade 6JLPT 1
管
control, drunken talk, jurisdiction, pipe, tube, wind instrument
Grade 4JLPT 2
範
example, model, pattern
Grade 8JLPT 1
等
and so forth, class (first), equal, etc., quality, similar
Grade 3JLPT 3
笛
bagpipe, clarinet, flute, piccolo, pipe, whistle
Grade 3JLPT 1
笑
laugh
Grade 4JLPT 3
筆
handwriting, painting brush, writing, writing brush
Grade 3JLPT 2
第
No., residence
Grade 3JLPT 1