Keyword
tube
- pipe
- cylinder
- a thick piece of bamboo
- Frequency
- #2432
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
tǒng
Mnemonic
⺮ (bamboo) gives the meaning and 同 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
筒
tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
手电筒
flashlight; electric hand torch
话筒
microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
传声筒
loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb; mouthpiece
火箭筒
bazooka; rocket launcher
圆筒
circular cylinder; drum
电筒
flashlight
听筒
telephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope
万花筒
kaleidoscope
针筒
syringe
滚筒
roller; cylinder (machine part); drum
邮筒
mailbox; pillar box; (old) letter
筒子
tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for 同志 (tóngzhì)
套筒
sleeve; a tube for wrapping
竹筒
bamboo tube; bamboo pipe
烟筒
chimney; stovepipe; smokestack
出气筒
(metaphorical) punching bag; undeserving target of sb's wrath
笔筒
pen container; brush pot
气筒
inflator; bicycle pump
长筒袜
stockings; thigh-highs
长筒靴
tall boots
量筒
graduated measuring cylinder; volumetric cylinder
甜筒
ice-cream cone
垃圾筒
trashcan