筒
tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,557 U+7B52
How 筒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 同 (phonetic, tóng)
How to remember it
tube · Heisig RSH #2050
竹 bamboo + monks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 同
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 同 (tóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同 sound component | tóng | same, similar; together with, alike |
| 洞 | dòng | cave, grotto, hole, ravine |
| 铜 | tóng | copper, bronze |
| 酮 | tóng | ketone |
| 桐 | tóng | Chinese wood-oil tree, Vernicia fordii |
| 侗 | tóng | big; ignorant, rude, rustic |
| 峒 | dòng | a mountain in Gansu province |
| 硐 | tóng | cave; chamber; pit |
| 恫 | dòng | fearful, pained, sorrowful |
| 胴 | dòng | the large intestine; the body |
| 茼 | tóng | chrysanthemum; Glebionis coronarium |
| 垌 | dòng | farm, field; used in place names |
Words containing 筒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手电筒 | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight; electric hand torch |
| 出气筒 | chū qì tǒng | (metaphorical) punching bag; undeserving target of sb's wrath |
| 打气筒 | dǎ qì tǒng | bicycle pump |
| 竹筒倒豆子 | zhú tǒng dào dòu zi | like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once) |
| 万花筒 | wàn huā tǒng | kaleidoscope |
| 传声筒 | chuán shēng tǒng | loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb; mouthpiece |
| 双筒望远镜 | shuāng tǒng wàng yuǎn jìng | binoculars |
| 卷发筒 | juǎn fà tǒng | hair roller |
| 筒子 | tǒng zi | tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] |
| 气筒 | qì tǒng | inflator; bicycle pump |
| 电筒 | diàn tǒng | flashlight |
| 量筒 | liáng tǒng | graduated measuring cylinder; volumetric cylinder |
| 筒子米糕 | tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo | rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnish… |
| 信筒 | xìn tǒng | mailbox; postbox |
| 号筒 | hào tǒng | bugle |
| 话筒 | huà tǒng | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson |
| 火箭筒 | huǒ jiàn tǒng | bazooka; rocket launcher |
| 烟筒 | yān tong | chimney; stovepipe; smokestack |
| 笔筒 | bǐ tǒng | pen container; brush pot |
| 筒灯 | tǒng dēng | fluorescent tube or light |