筆 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- ヒツひつ · hitsu
- Kun
- ふでfude
- Meaning
- writing brush
Stroke order
Origin
竹 (bamboo) + 聿 (a hand holding a brush) — a brush made with a bamboo handle: a 'writing brush'.
Readings and examples
| Onヒツひつhitsu | 筆力ひつりょく筆記ひっき毛筆もうひつ |
|---|---|
| Kunふでfude | 筆ふで筆先ふでさき |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 筆記ひっき
writing, taking notes
- 鉛筆えんぴつ
pencil
- 毛筆もうひつ
- 万年筆まんねんひつ
- 執筆しっぴつ
- 随筆ずいひつ
- 祐筆ゆうひつ
- 宸筆しんぴつ
Example
筆で 名前を 書きます。
I write my name with a brush.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)