Kanji1 / 12
筆 kanji
writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヒツ
Kun readings
ふで
Variant forms
笔Words with 筆
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —運筆brush strokes; manner of using a brush; use of a pen; penmanship
- —加筆improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
- —画筆artist's brush
- —偽筆forged handwriting; plagiarism
- —曲筆misrepresentation; falsification
- —健筆powerful pen; facile pen
- —古筆old writing
- —才筆literary talent; clever style
- —三筆the three famous ancient calligraphers (Emperor Saga, Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi)
- —史筆historical writing
- —朱筆red-ink brush
- —冗筆worthless painting and writing
- —真筆autograph; one's own handwriting; personal note
- —染筆writing; painting
- —代筆writing on someone's behalf
- —卓筆excellent literary work
- —勅筆imperial autograph
- —直筆one's own handwriting; autograph
- —直筆writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke); frank writing; writing the bare facts
- —同筆the same handwriting