筆 : Writing brush

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Components:

竹聿

writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting

On 'yomi:

ヒツ(hitsu)

Kun 'yomi:

ふで(fude)

Nanori:

くし(kushi)

Strokes:	12
Radical:	竹 (118)
Usage Rating:	1132

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	3

Unicode:	07b46
jis208:	41-14

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筆 Usage examples

末筆(まっぴつ)	part of end phrase in a letter
右筆(ゆうひつ) 祐筆(ゆうひつ)	private secretary, amanuensis
鉛筆の芯(えんぴつのしん) 鉛筆のしん(えんぴつのしん)	lead of a pencil
雪舟の筆(せっしゅうのふで)	work of Sesshu
筆記具(ひっきぐ)	writing materials
筆耕料(ひっこうりょう)	copying fee
筆才(ひっさい)	literary talent
筆舌に尽くしがたい(ひつぜつにつくしがたい) 筆舌に尽くし難い(ひつぜつにつくしがたい) 筆舌につくしがたい(ひつぜつにつくしがたい) 筆舌につくし難い(ひつぜつにつくしがたい)	beyond description
一筆書く(ひとふでかく)	to drop a few lines
筆旁(ふでずくり)	kanji "brush" radical
筆を置く(ふでをおく) 筆を擱く(ふでをおく)	to stop writing, to close (a letter)
筆を折る(ふでをおる)	to break off writing
筆を執る(ふでをとる)	to pen, to write, to draw
随筆家(ずいひつか) 隨筆家(ずいひつか)	essayist
随筆集(ずいひつしゅう) 隨筆集(ずいひつしゅう)	collection of essays (miscellaneous writings, literary jottings, etc.)
遺筆(いひつ)	writing left by the deceased
落筆(らくひつ)	initial brush stroke in calligraphy
補筆(ほひつ)	retouch, correction, improvement
筆まめ(ふでまめ) 筆忠実(ふでまめ)	good correspondent, ready writer
前頭筆頭(まえがしらひっとう)	two highest ranked maegashira wrestlers
十両筆頭(じゅうりょうひっとう)	two highest ranked wrestlers in juryo division
乱筆乱文(らんぴつらんぶん)	(my) poor writing, scribbling, hasty writing
一筆啓上(いっぴつけいじょう)	Just a short note to tell you ..., This will just be a short note
直言直筆(ちょくげんちょくひつ)	speak and write plainly (frankly), speak and write without reserve
筆禍事件(ひっかじけん)	troubles brought on by what one has written, incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen
擱筆(かくひつ)	stopping writing
鉛筆書き(えんぴつがき)	drawing or writing in pencil
弘法にも筆の誤り(こうぼうにもふでのあやまり)	anyone can make a mistake
終筆(しゅうひつ)	end of a brush-stroke
春秋の筆法(しゅんじゅうのひっぽう)	critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect
筆界(ひつかい)	boundary (e.g. of property)
筆界特定制度(ひつかいとくていせいど)	(Japanese) land registration system