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 a 'hand' instead of 'hair' holding the brush.
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)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

一笔勾销 yī bǐ gōu xiāo Taking tough, decisive action to solve a problem. The story is of a statesman who sacked a whole host of incompetent officials working for him with one stroke of the brush.
投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng A scholar choosing to join the army. To choose a more active life mid career.

Also

笔 bǐ brush

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