Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve
Kun:
つつ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1631 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 筒状 【ツツジョウ】 cylindrical, tubular
  • 筒状花 【トウジョウカ】 tubular flower, disk floret
  • 円筒 【エントウ】 cylinder
  • 気筒 【キトウ】 cylinder

Kun reading compounds

  • 筒 【つつ】 pipe, tube, cylinder, gun barrel, gun, cannon, well lining, well curb
  • 筒井 【つつい】 round well
  • 銃の筒 【じゅうのつつ】 barrel of a gun
  • 紙筒 【かみづつ】 paper tube, cardboard tube

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong3
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • cilindro
  • tubo

Portuguese

  • cilindro
  • tubo
  • cano
  • cano de arma
  • manga

French

  • cylindre
  • tuyau
  • tube
  • canon (fusil)
  • manche
1655 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1567 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1125 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
796 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1818 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1472 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1569 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
373 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1480 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3323 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2341 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
953 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26004 Morohashi
2680 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4283 New Nelson (John Haig)
944 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1015 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1574 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2349 2001 Kanji
6f6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
3-8-4 SKIP code
8822.7 Four corner code
1-37-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b52 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Kun:
さきま.ず
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 先 【セン】 former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
  • 先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
  • 機先 【キセン】 forestall
  • 互先 【タガイセン】 even game (esp. in go)

Kun reading compounds

  • 先 【さき】 point, tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, first, before, ahead (of), (the way) ahead, beyond, future, previous, prior, former, recent, last, destination, address, place where you do something, rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part, the other party
  • 先行き 【さきゆき】 the future, future prospects
  • 小手先 【こてさき】 tip of the hand, (use of) one's hands, cheap trick, superficial wit, superficial cleverness, cheap, makeshift (e.g. measures), shortsighted, perfunctory, halfhearted
  • 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
  • 先ず 【まず】 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
  • まず第一に 【まずだいいちに】 first of all, in the first place, to begin with, for starters

Readings

Japanese names:
ぽん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian1
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • antes
  • adelante
  • previo
  • precedencia
  • extremo
  • punta
  • final
  • anterior

Portuguese

  • antes
  • prévio
  • na frente
  • futuro
  • precedência

French

  • avant
  • devant
  • précédent
  • futur
  • antériorité
33 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
49 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
201 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
571 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
65 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
280 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
50 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
145 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3046 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
254 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1349 Morohashi
2394 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 New Nelson (John Haig)
248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
263 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
115 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
54 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2457 2001 Kanji
3b3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2421.1 Four corner code
1-32-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5148 Unicode hex code