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笔

bǐ

writing utensil

Simplified form of 筆. Depicts a utensil for writing (聿) made from bamboo (⺮).

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

毛 meaning,simplified component

毛  Meaning Simplified component

máo

  

hair

Shorthand for the 聿 component in the traditional character 筆.

Evolution

笔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
笔 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
笔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
笔 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
笔 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

笔 (筆) 

bǐ

writing brush; write; stroke; pen; pencil; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支[zhī],枝[zhī]

Most common words with 笔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

笔

pen

笔记本

notebook (stationery)

笔者

the author

笔记

notes

铅笔

(lead) pencil

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

滗

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 42.3034% of movies

925th most common character in movies

956th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

筆

Unicode

U+7B14


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