Tom gave Mary a flashlight.
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筒
Traditional: 筩
tǒng
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
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tǒng · tung4 (Jyutping)
- tube
- cylinder
- to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
- variant of 筒[tong3]
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Character breakdown
筒
- Meaning
- thick piece of bamboo; pipe
- Radical
- ⺮
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿱⺮同
- Cangjie
- HBMR
- Four-corner
- 8822.7
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.
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