筒

cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

トウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つつ

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N2

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

solution, answer

counter for articles

scheme, plan, policy, step, means

pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction

pattern, example, model

etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar

flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo

writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting