笔 (bǐ) — Chinese Character

笔

bǐ

pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals

Radical: ⺮ HSK 2 q, n ideographic

Components & Etymology

笔 decomposes into the following components:

⺮毛

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 笔.

下笔

xià bǐ

五笔

wǔ bǐ

亲笔

qīn bǐ

代笔

dài bǐ

伏笔

fú bǐ

信笔

xìn bǐ

光笔

guāng bǐ

冗笔

rǒng bǐ

刀笔

dāo bǐ

动笔

dòng bǐ

墨笔

mò bǐ

大笔

dà bǐ

Characters that share the radical ⺮.

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