笔 bǐ pen; brush
Made up of [⺮ zhú bamboo radical 118, 毛 máo hair; fur; coin denomination radical 82]A measure word to use for this noun: 支 zhī
Alternative traditional form of character: 筆
Note
A combination of bamboo and hair to represent the traditional hair brush with a bamboo shaft. The traditional form had 'hand' instead of 'hair'Number of strokes: 10
Related characters
Also uses ⺮ zhú component: 第 dì (ordinal (1st,2nd)) 箭 jiàn (arrow) 筷 kuài (chopsticks) 算 suàn (calculate) 笑 xiào (smile)
Also uses 毛 máo component: 尾 wěi (tail)
Sounds same
比 bǐ 匕 bǐ (spoon)Different tone
贲 bì 必 bì (certainly)Pronunciation
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