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筆

JLPT N2 SL3 12 strokes Frequency: #1132

Meanings

Writing Brush, Writing, Painting Brush, Handwriting

Radicals

⺮

Decomposition

⿱⺮聿

Etymology

Ideographic: A bamboo rod ⺮ used as a pencil 聿

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

12 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒツ hitsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふで fude

Words Using This Kanji

203 words total

Other (20 words)

artist's brush

forged handwriting

misrepresentation

powerful pen

ready writer

old writing

expert in old writing

才筆さいひつ

literary talent

三筆さんぴつ

the three famous ancient calligraphers (Emperor Saga, Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi)

史筆しひつ

historical writing

自筆じひつ

one's own handwriting

writing

writer

editor-in-chief

red-ink brush

worthless painting and writing

colored pencil

autograph

essays

improvement (to a piece of writing or painting)

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