筒 Cylinder

Radical Combination

• 竹

  Bamboo
• 同

  Same

Meaning

Primary

Cylinder

Alternatives

Tube, Pipe

Mnemonic

A bamboo stalk looks the same as a big ol' cylinder.

Hints

Compare the two things in your mind and make them the same.

Readings

On’yomi

とう

Kun’yomi

つつ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Picture a cylinder shaped とうきょう. All the buildings are cylinders. The city itself is cylinder shaped too. Even... gasp! The people of とうきょう!

Hints

とうきょう is a really weird city now that they passed the cylinder law. Imagine it so deeply that it weirds you out.