# 筒 cylinder /pipe

竹 (bamboo) + 同 (same)
★☆☆☆☆
12 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

TOU |

## Mnemonic

| He keeps using that same bamboo cylinder to suck his TOES.

## Kunyomi

つつ | usually defined as pipe but more accurately, it means cylinder. Chimney, exhaust pipe, drainage pipe, gun barrel, canister, are all 筒. （BOOBOO: unlike the related kanji 管　(tube), which can bend, 筒 is always straight). ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

封筒(ふうとう) | envelope ★☆☆☆☆ 封 (seal in) + 筒 (cylinder /pipe) = 封筒 (envelope)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
筒 | cylinder /pipe | HITLER |
管 | tube | BEURACRAT |

HITLER smokes a pipe of hash,

but BUEARUCRATS send messages through flexible pneumatic tubes - like in the movie Brazil.

## Synonyms

pipe, tube 筒 管