Medoru
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筒
JLPT N2 12 strokes Frequency: #1631

Meanings

Cylinder, Pipe, Tube, Gun Barrel, Sleeve

Radicals

⺎

Decomposition

⿱⺮同

Etymology

Pictophonetic: bamboo

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal top-to-bottom
5 horizontal right-to-left
6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
8 hook bottom-to-top
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
トウ tou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
つつ tsutsu

Words Using This Kanji

55 words total
Other (20 words)
矢筒 やづつ

quiver

大筒 おおづつ

cannon

銃の筒 じゅうのつつ

barrel of a gun

短筒 たんづつ

pistol

筒型 つつがた

tube-shaped

円筒図法 えんとうずほう

cylindrical projection

多筒式 たとうしき

multiple barrel model

単筒 たんとう

single barrel

多筒 たとう

multiple barrels

写真天頂筒 しゃしんてんちょうとう

photographic zenith tube

筒子 ピンズ

dot tiles

発射筒 はっしゃとう

(grenade, etc.) launcher

窓付き封筒 まどつきふうとう

window envelope

円筒プリンター えんとうプリンター

barrel printer

茶封筒 ちゃぶうとう

brown envelope

煙筒 えんとう

chimney

鏡筒 きょうとう

lens-barrel

抽筒子 ちゅうとうし

extractor (rifle)

発炎筒 はつえんとう

(warning) flare (esp. used on roads and railways)

和封筒 わふうとう

Japanese-style oblong, open end envelope

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