筒

筒 U+7B52, 筒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B52 ← 筑 [U+7B51] CJK Unified Ideographs 筓 → [U+7B53]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𪢉, 𨬎, 𮅗

References

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

Chinese

trad.		筒
simp. #		筒
alternative forms		筩／筒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (同) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鮦	*duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ
侗	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫	*tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs
痌	*tʰoːŋ
同	*doːŋ
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
銅	*doːŋ
桐	*doːŋ
峒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
硐	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
筒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
洞	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
烔	*doːŋ
挏	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
酮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
鲖
眮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
哃	*doːŋ
絧	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
姛	*doːŋʔ
詷	*doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
胴	*doːŋs
駧	*doːŋs
迵	*doːŋs
戙	*doːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋ, *doːŋs): semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǒng, tóng (tong³, tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tung^4-2 / tung⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): huung⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): tung²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thùng

  (Hailu, HRS): tung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tung²

• Jin (Wiktionary): tung²
• Northern Min (KCR): dông
• Eastern Min (BUC): dùng / dè̤ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dorng² / dang²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tông / tâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang⁵ / dang⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǒng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung³
    • Yale: tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²
    • Yale: túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung^4-2 / tung⁴
    • Yale: túng / tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung^4-2 / tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung^4-2 / tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /tʰʊŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: huung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰʊŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tung²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuŋ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dùng / dè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁵³/, /tøyŋ⁵³/

Note:

• dùng - literary;
• dè̤ng - vernacular.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dang²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²⁴/

Note:

• dorng2 - literary;
• dang2 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
    • Tâi-lô: tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng
    • Tâi-lô: tâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daang
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /taŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³/

Note:

• tông - literary;
• tâng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dang⁵ / dang⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâng / tăng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵/, /taŋ³⁵/

Note: dang6 - dialectal ("barrel, can").

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶don
    • MiniDict: don^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʊŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tən¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: duwng, duwngH

Rime
Character	筒	筒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒紅切	徒弄切
Baxter	duwng	duwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/duŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/duŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/duŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/dəwŋH/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/duŋH/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/duŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/dʱuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung4	dung6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/, /*doːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ duwng ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁoŋ/
English	tube
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筒	筒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12452	12476
Phonetic component	同	同
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	同	洞
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/	/*doːŋs/

Definitions

筒

1. section of thick bamboo
2. hollow tube; pipe
3. barrel; can; tin
4. tube-shaped part of an item of clothing or footwear
5. (colloquial) to put in; to place in

Compounds

• 五筒 (wǔtǒng)
• 信筒 (xìntǒng)
• 傳聲筒 / 传声筒 (chuánshēngtǒng)
• 出氣筒 / 出气筒 (chūqìtǒng)
• 出血筒子
• 剪筒
• 吹筒
• 唧筒 (jītǒng)
• 喇叭筒
• 圓筒 / 圆筒 (yuántǒng)
• 垃圾筒 (lājītǒng)
• 套筒槍 / 套筒枪
• 封筒 (fēngtǒng)
• 封筒逆封
• 手電筒 / 手电筒 (shǒudiàntǒng)
• 打氣筒 / 打气筒 (dǎqìtǒng)
• 提筒
• 擲彈筒 / 掷弹筒
• 改革芒筒
• 旱煙筒 / 旱烟筒
• 氧氣筒 / 氧气筒
• 氣筒 / 气筒
• 注射筒 (zhùshètǒng)
• 消火唧筒
• 浮筒
• 滾筒 / 滚筒
• 激筒
• 火筒
• 火箭筒 (huǒjiàntǒng)
• 火紙筒子 / 火纸筒子
• 炮筒子
• 煙筒 / 烟筒 (yāntǒng)
• 爆破筒 (bàopòtǒng)
• 甜筒 (tiántǒng)
• 皮筒兒 / 皮筒儿
• 直筒子
• 萬花筒 / 万花筒 (wànhuātǒng)
• 竹筒 (zhútǒng)
• 竹筒飯 / 竹筒饭 (zhútǒngfàn)
• 竹筒饭 (zhútǒngfàn)
• 筒仔米糕 (tǒngzǐmǐgāo)
• 筒子 (tǒngzi)
• 筒形
• 筒欽 / 筒钦
• 筆筒 / 笔筒 (bǐtǒng)
• 筆筒樹 / 笔筒树
• 筒箭
• 筒車 / 筒车
• 聽筒 / 听筒 (tīngtǒng)
• 芒筒 (mángtǒng)
• 花筒
• 藥筒 / 药筒
• 號筒 / 号筒 (hàotǒng)
• 號筒子 / 号筒子
• 蜜筒
• 袖筒 (xiùtǒng)
• 話筒 / 话筒 (huàtǒng)
• 郵筒 / 邮筒 (yóutǒng)
• 郫筒
• 量筒 (liángtǒng)
• 針筒 / 针筒 (zhēntǒng)
• 錢筒 / 钱筒
• 鎗筒 / 枪筒
• 鏡筒 / 镜筒
• 電筒 / 电筒 (diàntǒng)
• 電話筒 / 电话筒
• 靴筒
• 飯筒 / 饭筒
• 香筒

Descendants

• →? Burmese: ဒုံး (dum:, “rocket”)

Japanese

Kanji

筒

(Jōyō kanji)

1. cylinder
2. pipe
3. tube
4. gun barrel
5. sleeve

Readings

• Go-on: ずう (zū)^{←づう (duu, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kun: つつ (tsutsu, 筒, Jōyō)^{←つつ (tutu, 筒, historical)}

Compounds

• 筒子(ピンズ) (pinzu)
• 円筒(えんとう) (entō)
• 煙筒(えんとう) (entō)
• 気(き)筒(とう) (kitō): cylinder (part of an engine)
• 水筒(すいとう) (suitō)
• 喞(そく)筒(とう) (sokutō): pump (device for moving liquid or gas)
• 擲弾筒(てきだんとう) (tekidantō)
• 尾筒(びとう) (bitō)
• 封筒(ふうとう) (fūtō)
• 湯筒(ゆうとう) (yūtō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筒
つつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese 筒 (tutu), from Proto-Japonic *tutu.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つつ [tsùtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) つつ [tsùtsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥t͡sɨ]

• (Kyōto, Ōsaka) つつ (Kōki – [0])

Noun

筒(つつ) • (tsutsu) 

1. tube
2. well curb
3. a bamboo canteen containing saké or water

   Synonym: 小筒 (sasae)

4. hub (central part of a wheel)
5. 銃, 砲: gunbarrel
   1. (by extension) rifle, cannon
      • 1898, Doppo Kunikida, Shikagari [Hunting Deer]‎^[1]:

        かれこれするうちに昼(ひる)時(じ)分(ぶん)になったが鹿(しか)らしいものも来(こ)ない、たちまち谷(たに)を一(ひと)つ越(こ)えたすぐむこうの山(やま)の尾(お)で銃(つつ)の音(おと)がしたと思(おも)うと白(しろ)い煙(けむ)が見(み)えた。

        Karekore suru uchi ni hirujibun ni natta ga shika rashii mono mo konai, tachimachi tani o hitotsu koeta sugu mukō no yama no o de tsutsu no oto ga shita to omou to shiroi kemu ga mieta.

        Before I knew it, it was noon, and yet nothing even resembling a deer revealed itself. We quickly crossed a valley and then, just beyond the mountaintop, on the other side, I thought I heard the sound of a gunshot, and that was when I saw the white smoke.

6. (nautical) the mast step on a 和(わ)船(せん) (wasen, “Japanese boat”), a square wooden tube into which the mast is set up

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 筒(つつ)井(い) (tsutsui)
• 筒(ツツ)牡蠣(ガキ) (tsutsugaki)
• 筒(つつが)粥(ゆ) (tsutsugayu)
• 筒(つつが)瓦(わら) (tsutsugawara)
• 筒(つつ)尻(じり) (tsutsujiri)
• 筒(つつ)袖(そで) (tsutsusode)
• 筒(つつ)台(だい) (tsutsudai)
• 筒(つっ)袍(ぽう) (tsuppō)
• 筒(ツツ)鳥(ドリ) (tsutsudori)
• 筒(つつ)抜(ぬ)け (tsutsunuke)
• 筒(つつ)守(まも)り (tsutsumamori)
• 油(あぶら)筒(づつ) (aburazutsu)
• 井(い)筒(づつ) (izutsu)
• 受(うけ)筒(づつ) (ukezutsu)
• 鰻(うなぎ)筒(づつ) (unagizutsu)
• 尾(お)筒(づつ) (ozutsu)
• 大(おお)筒(づつ) (ōzutsu)
• 懸(か)け筒(づつ) (kakezutsu)
• 経(きょう)筒(づつ) (kyōzutsu)
• 籤(くじ)筒(づつ) (kujizutsu)
• 小(こ)筒(づつ) (kozutsu)
• 捧(ささ)げ銃(つつ) (sasage tsutsu, “present arms”)
• 尿(しと)筒(づつ) (shitozutsu)
• 竹(たけ)筒(づつ) (takezutsu)
• 手(て)筒(づつ) (tezutsu)
• 箸(はし)筒(づつ) (hashizutsu)
• 鍼(はり)筒(づつ) (harizutsu)
• 筆(ふで)筒(づつ) (fudezutsu)
• 帆(ほ)筒(づつ) (hozutsu)
• 矢(や)筒(づつ) (yazutsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筒
どう Grade: S
irregular

From 胴(どう) (dō).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どー [dóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ː]

Noun

筒(どう) • (dō) 

1. hub (central part of a wheel)

Synonyms

• (central part of a wheel): ハブ (habu), 轂(こしき) (koshiki)

References

• “筒”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

筒: Hán Nôm readings: đồng, thổng, đỗng

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