笔

See also: 筆
笔 U+7B14, 笔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B14
← 笓
[U+7B13] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 笕 →
[U+7B15]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 竹 (“bamboo”) + 毛 (“hair”) Traditional Chinese brushes were made of bamboo and hair.

Han character

笔 (radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹手山 (HHQU), composition ⿱⺮毛)

References
  • KangXi: page 879, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2950, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7B14

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 笔 – see 筆 (“writing brush; pen; pencil; etc.”).
(This character, 笔, is the simplified form of 筆.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
笔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 筆

Readings
  • On (unclassified): ひつ (hitsu)
  • Kun: ふで (fude)
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