筆 (bǐ)
pen; writing instrument; measure word for sums of money or deals
How 筆 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Traditional
- 筆
- Simplified
- 笔
Components
- ⺮ bamboo
- 聿 brush
Common words using 筆
- 筆記 bǐjì
- to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches
- 筆記本 bǐjìběn
- notebook; CL:本[ben3]
- 蠟筆小新 làbǐxiǎoxīn
- Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
- 下筆 xiàbǐ
- to put pen to paper
- 伏筆 fúbǐ
- foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
- 圓珠筆 yuánzhūbǐ
- ballpoint pen; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
- 執筆 zhíbǐ
- to write; to do the actual writing
- 妙筆生花 miàobǐshēnghuā
- gifted or skillful writing
- 提筆 tíbǐ
- to take up one's pen; to start to write
- 敗筆 bàibǐ
- a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
- 文筆 wénbǐ
- writings; writing style
- 毛筆 máobǐ
- writing brush; CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]
筆 in a sentence
借我一支筆，我想把這個地址記下來。
Jiè wǒ yīzhī bǐ, wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhège dìzhǐ jì xiàlái.
“Lend me a pen; I want to write down this address.”
How common is 筆?
筆 is the 954th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.4% of all running text.
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