cylinder /pipe

(bamboo) + (same)
★☆☆☆☆
12 strokes
ILL PAIR

Onyomi

TOU

Mnemonic

He keeps using that same bamboo cylinder to suck his TOES.

Kunyomi

つつ usually defined as pipe but more accurately, it means cylinder.

Chimney, exhaust pipe, drainage pipe, gun barrel, canister, are all 筒. (BOOBOO: unlike the related kanji 管 (tube), which can bend, 筒 is always straight).
★★★☆☆

Jukugo

封筒(ふうとう)

envelope ★☆☆☆☆
(seal in) + (cylinder /pipe) = 封筒 (envelope)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
cylinder /pipe HITLER
tube BEURACRAT

HITLER smokes a pipe of hash,

but BUEARUCRATS send messages through flexible pneumatic tubes - like in the movie Brazil.

Synonyms

pipe, tube
筒    管