椽筆

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
てん
Hyōgaiji
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From Literary Chinese 椽筆.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞mpʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun[edit]

(てん)(ぴつ) (tenpitsu

  1. (literary) writing brush
    • 1915, “第貳編 オレゴン州”, in 在米の闘士, page 76:
      ()(べい)()(あさい)(しん)(ぶん)()(しゃ)として(てん)(ぴつ)を [(ふる)ふ]
      tobei-go Asahi Shinbun kisha to shite tenpitsu o [furuu]
      write (wield a pen) as a reporter for The Asahi Shimbun

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