筒 — cylinder, pipe, tube

つつ筒 cylinder

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+7B52 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1631 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1015 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

cylinder
pipe
tube
gun barrel
sleeve

word

つつ tsutsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

筒(つつ) tsutsu tube

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

封(ふう) 筒(とう) fuutou envelope

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

たけ竹 bamboo #118

どう同 same

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#118 竹 bamboo