筒

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tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,557 U+7B52

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 同 (phonetic, tóng)

components: ⺮同

tube · Heisig RSH #2050

竹 bamboo + monks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 同

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 同 (tóng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
同 sound component	tóng	same, similar; together with, alike
洞	dòng	cave, grotto, hole, ravine
铜	tóng	copper, bronze
酮	tóng	ketone
桐	tóng	Chinese wood-oil tree, Vernicia fordii
侗	tóng	big; ignorant, rude, rustic
峒	dòng	a mountain in Gansu province
硐	tóng	cave; chamber; pit
恫	dòng	fearful, pained, sorrowful
胴	dòng	the large intestine; the body
茼	tóng	chrysanthemum; Glebionis coronarium
垌	dòng	farm, field; used in place names

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
手电筒	shǒu diàn tǒng	flashlight; electric hand torch
出气筒	chū qì tǒng	(metaphorical) punching bag; undeserving target of sb's wrath
打气筒	dǎ qì tǒng	bicycle pump
竹筒倒豆子	zhú tǒng dào dòu zi	like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
万花筒	wàn huā tǒng	kaleidoscope
传声筒	chuán shēng tǒng	loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb; mouthpiece
双筒望远镜	shuāng tǒng wàng yuǎn jìng	binoculars
卷发筒	juǎn fà tǒng	hair roller
筒子	tǒng zi	tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4]
气筒	qì tǒng	inflator; bicycle pump
电筒	diàn tǒng	flashlight
量筒	liáng tǒng	graduated measuring cylinder; volumetric cylinder
筒子米糕	tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo	rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnish…
信筒	xìn tǒng	mailbox; postbox
号筒	hào tǒng	bugle
话筒	huà tǒng	microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
火箭筒	huǒ jiàn tǒng	bazooka; rocket launcher
烟筒	yān tong	chimney; stovepipe; smokestack
笔筒	bǐ tǒng	pen container; brush pot
筒灯	tǒng dēng	fluorescent tube or light