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筒 = 同 + 竹
筒 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cylinder”. It is built from 同 (same) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1015.
- Keyword
- cylinder
- RTK frame
- 1015
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- トウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つつ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- цилиндр
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 筒 thick piece of bamboo
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 筒 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “same” + “bamboo”. 筒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 筒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.