Hanja Analyzer
筆

筆 — pil

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
붓 필
Romanization
pil
English
writing brush; write; stroke
Mandarin
bǐ
Japanese on'yomi
ヒツ, ヒチ, ヘツ, ヘチ, ジョウ, ニョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ふで
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#1,132 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
竹 (118, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+7B46

Parts that make up 筆

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 聿 붓 율 손에 쥔 붓붓과 글씨 쓰는 일

How 筆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 筆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 聿.

Korean example words with 筆

  • 신필宸筆 Korean gloss: 임금의 필적
  • 여필女筆 Korean gloss: 여자의 글씨
  • 필채筆彩 Korean gloss: 훌륭한 글씨
  • 필흔筆痕 Korean gloss: 글씨의 흔적
  • 친필親筆 Korean gloss: 손수 쓴 글씨
  • 필재筆才 Korean gloss: 글을 쓰는 재주
  • 동필同筆 Korean gloss: 같은 사람의 글씨
  • 명필名筆 Korean gloss: 매우 잘 쓴 글씨
  • 예필睿筆 Korean gloss: 왕세자가 쓴 글씨
  • 악필惡筆 Korean gloss: 잘 쓰지 못한 글씨
  • 필갑筆匣 Korean gloss: 붓을 넣어 두는 갑
  • 가필佳筆 Korean gloss: 붓글씨의 훌륭한 재능

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 筆

  • 筆頭ひっとう brush tip; first on a list; head
  • 執筆しっぴつ writing; authoring
  • 筆ふで writing brush; paintbrush; pen
  • 筆者ひっしゃ writer; author
  • 鉛筆えんぴつ (wooden) pencil
  • 随筆ずいひつ essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
  • 筆記ひっき writing down; taking notes; copying
  • 万年筆まんねんひつ fountain pen
  • 自筆じひつ one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
  • 主筆しゅひつ editor-in-chief
  • 特筆とくひつ special mention
  • 筆跡ひっせき handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship

Other hanja read “필”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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