筒 (tǒng) — tube, cylinder, pipe

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TSUMUGU · B2 · 字

筒 character · B2

筒＝竹＋同

ㄊㄨㄥˇ · tǒng

noun — tube, cylinder, pipe

字源 FORM — what the parts do

竹義bamboo — the first tubes were bamboo joints

同聲tóng — gives the sound

Ttóng → tǒng — the tone shifted off the donor

Bamboo (竹) cut between the joints leaves a hollow tube. 同 tóng carries the sound, the tone tipped to tǒng. From the bamboo tube, any cylinder or pipe: 竹筒、信筒、筆筒.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一節竹子（竹）兩頭一截，中間是空的——倒得進、塞得進，那就是筒。

A length of bamboo (竹) cut at both joints, hollow down the middle — pour in, slot in: a tube.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)竹管— bamboo tube常用

→筒、圓管— cylinder, pipe常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension