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
- —絶筆one's last (piece of) writing; last work; ceasing to write; giving up writing
- —筆圧writing pressure; pen pressure; strength of a brushstroke
- —筆写copying (by hand); transcribing
- —筆舌written and spoken words; description
- —筆洗brush cleaner; brush cleaning; brush washing; writing brush washer
- —筆耕making a living copying or writing
- —筆紙brush and paper; written description
- —筆陣(lineup of authors engaged in a) war of words
- —筆答written response
- —筆禍troubles brought on by what one has written
- —筆戦war of words
- —筆意brushwork; writing
- —筆触feel of a brush or pen
- —筆誅written denunciation
- —筆端tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style
- —筆算calculating on paper; writing and arithmetic
- —筆談communicating in writing
- —筆鋒power of the pen
- —試筆first writing (of the New Year)
- —名筆outstanding work of calligraphy