CHINESE CHARACTER

筒 (tǒng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

tǒng

tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo

HSK 612 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

⺮

Primary radical

⺮ is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 筒.

同

Phonetic component

同 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 12

Write 筒 in 12 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 筒

话筒huàtǒng

HSK 6 · microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson

筒tǒng

HSK 7-9 · tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

Examples using 筒

话筒

她用手捂住了电话的话筒。

Tā yòng shǒu wǔ zhù le diàn huà de huà tǒng。

She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.

筒

她用手捂住了电话的话筒。

Tā yòng shǒu wǔ zhù le diàn huà de huà tǒng。

She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.

FAQ

What does 筒 (tǒng) mean in Chinese?

tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo

How do you write 筒 in stroke order?

筒 has 12 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 筒?

⺮ is the radical in 筒. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 筒?

话筒 (huàtǒng): microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson; 筒 (tǒng): tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc).