笔 — Chinese character
笔
bǐ
pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
- Pinyin
- bǐ
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 毛
- Formation
- ideographic — A bamboo rod ⺮ tipped with hair 毛
- Traditional
- 筆
Common words with 笔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笔者 (筆者) | bǐ zhě | the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself) |
| 笔记 (筆記) | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing); notes |
| 笔记本 (筆記本) | bǐ jì běn | notebook (stationery) (CL:本 (běn)); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 笔记本电脑 (bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo)) |
| 笔下 (筆下) | bǐ xià | the wording and purport of what one writes |
| 铅笔 (鉛筆) | qiān bǐ | (lead) pencil; measure word: 支 (zhī), 枝 (zhī), 杆 (gǎn) |
| 笔名 (筆名) | bǐ míng | pen name; pseudonym |
| 大笔 (大筆) | dà bǐ | (formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush |
| 笔录 (筆錄) | bǐ lù | to put down in writing; to take down notes |
| 笔试 (筆試) | bǐ shì | written examination; paper test (for an applicant) |
| 随笔 (隨筆) | suí bǐ | essay |
| 钢笔 (鋼筆) | gāng bǐ | fountain pen; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 笔画 (筆畫) | bǐ huà | strokes of a Chinese character |
English words written with 笔
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.