筆 — kanji meaning “writing brush”
筆
writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
- Meanings
- writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
- On'yomi
- ヒツ (hitsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ふで
- Name readings
- はじめ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1132 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 118
- Chinese reading
- bǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 筆
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 執筆 | しっぴつ shippitsu | writing; authoring |
| 鉛筆 | えんぴつ enpitsu | (wooden) pencil |
| 筆者 | ひっしゃ hissha | writer; author |
| 筆記 | ひっき hikki | writing down; taking notes; copying |
| 筆頭 | ひっとう hittou | brush tip |
| 万年筆 | まんねんひつ mannenhitsu | fountain pen |
| 随筆 | ずいひつ zuihitsu | essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings |
| 毛筆 | もうひつ mouhitsu | (writing, painting) brush |
| 特筆 | とくひつ tokuhitsu | special mention |
| 文筆 | ぶんぴつ bunpitsu | literary art; literary activity; writing |
| 直筆 | じきひつ jikihitsu | one's own handwriting; autograph |
| 筆跡 | ひっせき hisseki | handwriting |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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