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Cylinder


Radical Combination


Meaning

Cylinder, Tube, Pipe

Mnemonic

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

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


Reading

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!

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.


Visually Similar Kanji


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