Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1631 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve

Kunyomi: つつ

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

(すいとう)   canteen, flask, water bottle

(ふうとう)   envelope

形(えんとうけい)   cylindrical shape

発煙(はつえんとう)   smoke candle

(つつ)   pipe, tube

(ちゃづつ)   tea caddy

抜け(つつぬけ)   passing or going directly through

Onyomi Examples

ツツジョウ cylindrical, tubular

状花 トウジョウカ tubular flower, disk floret

エントウ cylinder

キトウ cylinder

Kunyomi Examples

つつ pipe, tube, cylinder, gun barrel, gun, cannon, well lining, well curb

つつい round well

銃の じゅうのつつ barrel of a gun

かみづつ paper tube, cardboard tube