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筒
tǒng
1. tube
2. cylinder
3. to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

筒
tǒng
tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

筒阀
tǒngfá
a sleeve valve
听筒
tīngtǒng
telephone receiver
圆筒
yuántǒng
circular cylinder
号筒
hàotǒng
bugle
袖筒
xiùtǒng
sleeve
唧筒
jītǒng
a pump
话筒
huàtǒng
microphone
HSK 6
邮筒
yóutǒng
mailbox
量筒
liángtǒng
graduated measuring cylinder
旋筒
xuántǒng
rotor
枪筒
qiāngtǒng
gun cylinder
电筒
diàntǒng
flashlight
气筒
qìtǒng
inflator
滚筒
gǔntǒng
roller
套筒
tàotǒng
sleeve
烟筒
yāntong
chimney
甜筒
tiántǒng
the cone of ice-cream cone
竹筒
zhútǒng
bamboo tube
信筒
xìntǒng
mailbox
笔筒
bǐtǒng
pen container

Alternate Entries

筒
tǒng
variant of [[筒<tǒng>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,087
Word Frequency Rank
3,270 of 84,292

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