笔

See also: 筆

笔 U+7B14, 笔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B14 ← 笓 [U+7B13] CJK Unified Ideographs 笕 → [U+7B15]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

笔 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹手山 (HHQU), composition ⿱𥫗毛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 879, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25888
• Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2950, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7B14

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 竹 (“bamboo”) + 毛 (“hair”) Traditional Chinese brushes were made of bamboo and hair.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 笔 – see 筆 (“writing brush; pen; pencil; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 筆).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

笔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 筆

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: ふで (fude)