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
- —他筆someone else writing; someone else's writing
- —筆毛pinfeather
- —休筆taking a break from writing
- —側筆painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip)
- —渇筆drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting
- —擦筆stump of a pencil or brush
- —筆札writing brush and paper; pen and paper; handwriting
- —合筆consolidation of lots; land consolidation
- —転筆brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards (in calligraphy)
- —筆硯writing brush and inkstone; writing; composition; daily life of a writer
- —算筆writing and arithmetic
- —訳筆translation
- —筆架brush rack; pen rack
- —禿筆worn-out brush; my poor writing
- —唐筆Chinese brush; writing brush made in China
- —連筆renpitsu brush; brush made by joining together several brushes in a row
- —宸筆emperor's handwriting; imperial autograph
- —健筆家ready writer; prolific writer; productive writer
- —古筆家expert in old writing
- —執筆者writer; author; contributor