笔
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)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #457 U+7B14
How 笔 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A bamboo rod ⺮ tipped with hair 毛
How to remember it
pen · Heisig RSH #1423
竹 bamboo + 毛 fur
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 笔 as their sound component
These characters all use 笔 (bǐ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笔 sound component | bǐ | pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke |
| 滗 | bì | to drain |
Words containing 笔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笔下生花 | bǐ xià shēng huā | to write elegantly |
| 自来水笔 | zì lái shuǐ bǐ | fountain pen |
| 中性笔 | zhōng xìng bǐ | rollerball pen |
| 马克笔 | mǎ kè bǐ | marker (loanword); felt marker |
| 小笔电 | xiǎo bǐ diàn | mini laptop or notebook (computer); netbook; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
| 眼线笔 | yǎn xiàn bǐ | eyeliner (cosmetics) |
| 笔管面 | bǐ guǎn miàn | penne pasta |
| 独立中文笔会 | dú lì Zhōng wén bǐ huì | Independent Chinese PEN center |
| 一笔带过 | yī bǐ dài guò | (idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic) |
| 原子笔 | yuán zǐ bǐ | (Tw, HK) ballpoint pen |
| 大笔 | dà bǐ | (formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush; a large sum o… |
| 笔头 | bǐ tóu | ability to write; writing skill; written; in written form |
| 笔心 | bǐ xīn | variant of 筆芯|笔芯[bi3 xin1] |
| 动笔 | dòng bǐ | to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting |
| 笔会 | Bǐ huì | PEN (association of writers) |
| 白板笔 | bái bǎn bǐ | whiteboard marker; dry-erase marker |
| 手笔 | shǒu bǐ | sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; st… |
| 笔电 | bǐ diàn | notebook (computer); CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
| 电笔 | diàn bǐ | electrician's test light; voltage tester |
| 笔法 | bǐ fǎ | technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing |