Kanji · 漢字
筆
Kun ふで
On ヒツ
writing brush
writing brush · writing · painting brush · handwriting
N2
JLPT
12
strokes
#1132
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
弘法筆を選ばず。
A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.
彼は筆で生計を立てている。
He earns his bread by writing.
その美観は筆では書き表せない。
The beauty of the sight is beyond description.
仕上げの筆を少し加える。
I add a few finishing touches.
私は絵のことはよくわからないが、この筆のタッチはすごいと思う。
I don't know much about painting, but I can tell that this brush has an excellent stroke feel to it.
Radicals
Appears in words
鉛筆 えんぴつ (wooden) pencil自筆 じひつ one's own handwriting執筆 しっぴつ writing主筆 しゅひつ editor-in-chief随筆 ずいひつ essays特筆 とくひつ special mention肉筆 にくひつ one's own handwriting筆 ふで writing brush筆記 ひっき writing down筆記試験 ひっきしけん written examination筆者 ひっしゃ writer筆順 ひつじゅん stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)筆跡 ひっせき handwriting筆頭 ひっとう brush tip筆名 ひつめい alias文筆 ぶんぴつ literary art万年筆 まんねんひつ fountain pen毛筆 もうひつ (writing, painting) brush達筆 たっぴつ good handwriting筆記用具 ひっきようぐ writing implement