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Kanji Detail for 筆 - "brush, pen, writing"

筆

  • Meaning

    筆 means "brush, pen, writing."

    1. Brush - A writing or painting implement.

    2. Pen - An instrument for writing.

    3. Writing - The act of composing text.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    writing brush; writing; painting brush; handwriting

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    writing brush; write; stroke

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A writing implement. Used for making characters. Anciently using bamboo slips. The brush was a knife or awl type. In Qin, Meng Tian first used deer and sheep hair to make them. Seen in (Ma Gao's Notes on Chinese Antiquity). | Recording matters by writing is called 筆. Such as saying "recording it in writing." Confucius edited the Spring and Autumn Annals. What to write, he wrote. What to delete, he deleted. Seen in (Preface to Book of Documents). Now having others correct one's writing is called 筆削 (editing). | All calligraphy, painting, and writing require brushes. Such as saying 筆法 (brushwork), 筆意 (brush spirit), 文筆 (writing style), 詩筆 (poetic style), and such.
  • Onyomitip

    hitsu(ひつ) ひつ

  • Kunyomitip

    fude(ふで) ふで

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords
    brush pen writing calligraphy paint ink compose author scribe script stroke draw art literary express record document letter prose creative

Sentences including 筆

  • Can i use your pencil?

  • Do you have a pencil?

  • Put down your pencil.

  • Someone has walked off with my pencil.

  • I couldn't make out the writing.

  • That is a pencil.

  • Is this pencil yours?

  • I'm sorry i have no pencil to write with.

  • You must not write a letter with a pencil.

  • Do you have a pen or pencil?

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