筆

See also 笔

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 竹 (“bamboo”) + 聿 (“writing brush”)

Han character

筆 (radical 118 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹中手 (HLQ), four-corner 8850₇)

1. writing brush
2. write
3. stroke

References

• KangXi: page 882, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25987
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2970, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7B46

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Cantonese

Hanzi

筆 (simplified 笔, Yale bat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

筆 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: ふで (fude)

Compounds

筆跡 (ひっせき, hisseki) 筆記 (ひっき, hikki)

筆脈 (ひつみゃく, hitsumyaku) 執筆 (しっぴつ, shippitsu)

筆順 (ひつじゅん, hitsujun)

Noun

筆 (hiragana ふで, romaji fude)

1. a writing brush; a painting brush; a pen
2. a thing written by certain person; calligraphy

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Korean

Hanja

筆 (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune-Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

筆 (simplified 笔, pinyin bǐ (bi3), Wade-Giles pi³)

Compounds

• 蠟筆

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Vietnamese

Han character

筆 (bút)