笔 bǐ pen; brush ⺮ zhú毛 máo支 zhītraditional 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'
strokes : 10
Related characters
⺮ zhú第 dì (ordinal (1st,2nd))箭 jiàn (arrow)筷 kuài (chopsticks)算 suàn (calculate)笑 xiào (smile)毛 máo尾 wěi (tail)Sounds same 比 bǐ
匕 bǐ (spoon)Different tone 贲 bì
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