桶 Stroke Order — How to Write 桶
桶 is written in 11 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 木, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
桶 Radical and Character Components
桶 is a phono-semantic compound: 木 (wood) carries the meaning, while 甬 indicates the sound.
Radical: 木 + 7 more strokes
桶 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- tǒng
Meanings of 桶 in Chinese
tǒng桶
Words with 桶
- fàn饭tǒng桶Good-for-nothing, Useless person
- fèn粪tǒng桶Manure bucket, Dung bucket
- gū箍tǒng桶to hoop a barrel, to cooper
- shǐ屎tǒng桶excrement bucket, chamber pot
- shào潲tǒng桶a hogwash pail
- shuí水tǒng桶bucket, pail
- lā垃jī圾tǒng桶trash can, garbage can
- mù木tǒng桶wooden barrel, wooden bucket
- yóu油tǒng桶oil drum, oil barrel
- jiú酒tǒng桶barrel, cask
- tóng桶lǐ里in the bucket, in a bucket
- tǒng桶zhōng中in the barrel, in the bucket
- xiàng橡mù木tǒng桶oak barrel, oak cask
- yòng用tǒng桶use a bucket, bucket
- diāo貂pí皮tǒng桶Mink fur bucket, Mink fur barrel
- liáng两tóng桶shuǐ水two buckets of water, incompetent
- shào潲shuí水tǒng桶swill bucket, slop bucket
- shào潲tóng桶lǐ里In the slop bucket, In the swill bucket
- zhū猪shào潲tǒng桶slop bucket, swill bucket
- zhū猪shí食tǒng桶Pig trough, Swill bucket
Idioms with 桶
- jīn金qī漆fàn饭tǒng桶outwardly splendid but useless person
- jiǔ酒náng囊fàn饭tǒng桶a useless eater
- tiě铁tǒng桶jiāng江shān山An impregnable or unshakeable position
- jīn金qī漆mǎ马tǒng桶outwardly splendid but inwardly worthless
- qī漆tǒng桶dǐ底tuō脱become thoroughly enlightened
- yáng洋qī漆mǎ马tǒng桶Outwardly splendid but lacking inner substance
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Open the tool →Questions about 桶
What does 桶 mean in Chinese?
桶 (tǒng) means “A deep container, often cylindrical, made of metal, wood, or plastic, used for holding water or other substances; a bucket or barrel” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 桶?
桶 is pronounced tǒng in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 桶 have?
桶 has 11 strokes.
How do you write 桶?
桶 is written in 11 strokes, starting from the radical 木. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 桶?
The radical of 桶 is 木, and 桶 is a phono-semantic compound.