筆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 笔
Variants: 笔

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bǐ
Cantonese: bat1
JapaneseKun: FUDE
JapaneseOn: HITSU
Korean: PHIL
Vietnamese: bút

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: writing brush; write; stroke

CE-Dict: pen/pencil/writing brush/to write or compose/the strokes of Chinese characters/classifier for sums of money, deals/CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Soothill: A pen.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a pen; a pencil; a brush-pen; any writing instrument
2.one of the strokes that make up a Chinese characters
3.an expression used to express a sum (of money)

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: pen - 輕

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: pen

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: pen; stock; write

湘雅醫學專業詞典: instrument pen;pen

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《聿部》筆秦謂之筆。从聿从竹。

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】筆
【廣韻】鄙密切【韻會】逼密切【正韻】壁吉切，𠀤音必。【釋名】筆，述也。述事而書之也。【爾雅·釋器】不律謂之筆。【註】蜀人呼筆爲不律也。【說文】楚謂之聿，吳人謂之不律，燕謂之弗，秦謂之筆。【古今注】古之筆，不論以竹以木，但能染墨成字，卽謂之筆。秦吞六國，滅前代之美，故蒙恬得稱於時。蒙恬造筆，卽秦筆耳。以枯木爲管，鹿毛爲柱，羊毛爲被，所謂蒼毫也。彤管赤漆耳，史官記事用之。【法書攷】虞世南云：筆長不過六寸，眞一，行二，草三，指實掌虛。【禮·曲禮】史載筆，士載言。【註】筆，謂書具之屬。　又筆星。【釋名】筆星，星氣有一枝，未銳似筆也。　又花名。【楚辭註】辛夷花初發如筆，北人呼爲木筆。　又【集韻】筆別切，音莂。山東謂筆。　又作〈/尹〉。見【漢戚伯樊毅𥓓】。又【嚴訢𥓓】作〈八/尹〉，見【舉要】。　【集韻】或作笔。

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary parcel

CF-Dict: stylo/crayon/pinceau/écrire ou composer/traits composant les caractères chinois/spécificatif des sommes d'argent et des affaires financières

Han-De-Dict: Feder, Stift (u.E.) (S)