筆 – writing brush, writing, painting brush

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#1132 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 筆 means writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒツ (hitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふで (fude). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒツ	hitsu
Kun’yomi	ふで	fude

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 竹・聿・乞.

Words using 筆

鉛筆えんぴつ(wooden) pencil万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen筆ふでwriting brush執筆しっぴつwriting随筆ずいひつessays筆記ひっきwriting down筆者ひっしゃwriter

Example sentences

ペンか鉛筆を持っていますか。

Do you have a pen or a pencil?

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新しい万年筆をなくしてしまった。

I have lost my new fountain pen.

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仕上げの筆を少し加える。

I add a few finishing touches.

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Kanji with the same radical

第策算答管竹筋等築籍笑節簡範箱簿

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.