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Gun Bamboo Cylinder 筒 トウ つつ Pipe Tube

Kanji
Onyomi トウ
Kunyomi つつ
English cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve
Examples 封筒(ふうとう): envelope
筒(つつ): (1) pipe; tube; cylinder (2) gun barrel (3) gun
水筒(すいとう): canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1631
Components 竹: bamboo
同: same; agree; equal
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 118
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading たけ・たけかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword cylinder
Koohii Story 1 Seriously, all BAMBOO sticks look the SAME, just long CYLINDERS. Should the story be more complicated?
Koohii Story 2 Fully-grown bamboo consists of a number of cylinder-like sections, all exactly the same.
RTK Index 944

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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