筒

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic ⺮ (“bamboo”) + phonetic 同 – a bamboo pipe.

Han character

筒 (radical 118 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹月一口 (HBMR), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱⺮同)

1. thick piece of bamboo
2. pipe

References

• KangXi: page 883, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26004
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2965, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7B52

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Japanese

Kanji

筒 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: とう (tō)
• Kun: つつ (tsutsu)

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Korean

Hanja

筒 (hangeul 통, revised tong, McCune-Reischauer t'ong, Yale thong)

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Mandarin

Noun

筒 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dòng)

1. [archaic] alternative form of 洞

Noun

筒 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tǒng or tóng)

1. [affix] a section of bamboo
2. [affix] hollow tube; pipe
3. [affix] barrel; can; tin

Usage notes

• tǒng and tóng (tube; pipe) are interchangable in Taiwan, but tǒng is Standard Mandarin.

Compounds

• 芒筒
• 改革芒筒

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Middle Chinese

Han character

筒 (dhung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

筒 (đồng)