# 筆

| 筆 | U+7B46, &#31558; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B46 |
| ← 筅 [U+7B45] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 筇 → [U+7B47] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 筆 |
| Simplified | 笔 |
| Traditional | 筆 |

### Han character

筆 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹中手 (HLQ), four-corner 8850$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗聿)

#### Derived characters

* 𰂯, 𠽩, 𰊫, 𱜏, 𢴩, 潷, 𤢇, 𨖷, 𪴅, 𤏫, 𤔯, 㻶, 𰧤, 𫄂, 𨅗, 𨬾, 𬴟, 𡼸, 𤺭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25987
* Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2970, character 9
* Unihan data for U+7B46

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 筆 | *prud |
| 潷 | *prud |
| 硉 | *ruːd |
| 律 | *rud |
| 葎 | *b·rud |
| 聿 | *b·lud |
| 銉 | *lud |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prud) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 聿 (OC *b·lud, “writing brush”) – a hand holding a brush 聿. The bamboo (竹) refers to the material of traditional Chinese brushes.

### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ris (“to draw; picture”) or *rit (“to draw; boundary”) (STEDT). Related to 聿 (OC *b·lud); more distant cognates from the allofamic root *b-rəy (“to draw, mark; boundary”) include 理 (OC *rɯʔ, “to cut jade, put in order”), Tibetan འབྲི ('bri, “to write”), Burmese ရေး (re:, “to write”).
Benedict (1972) surmises that this might ultimately be a loan from Austro-Tai into Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Austronesian *bulut (“hairy filaments of certain plants, husk”) (> Cebuano bulut).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bǐ (bi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bǐ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): би (bi, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): bak$^7$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bit$^2$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): bat$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pit
    (Hailu, HRS): bid
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bid$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): bĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): bék
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): big$^4$ / bêg$^4$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bieg$^4$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): bat$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^7$piq / $^7$pieoq
** (Jinhua): $^7$piq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bi
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: би (bi, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$
*** Yale: bāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: bak$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐk̚⁴⁴/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bit$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pit̚⁵⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: bat$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚²⁴/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pit̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit
*** Hakka Romanization System: bid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bid
*** Sinological IPA: /pit⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /piəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bék
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛiʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit
*** Tâi-lô: pit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: big$^4$ / bêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pik / pek
*** Sinological IPA : /pik̚²/, /pek̚²/
* big4 - Chaozhou;
* bêg4 - Jieyang.
* Middle Chinese: pit
Rime :
| Character | 筆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 鄙密切 |
| Baxter | pit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.[r]ut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*prud/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 筆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pit › |
| Old Chinese | /*p.[r]ut/ (borrowed as *prut from Qín dialect) |
| English | writing brush |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 筆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15975 |
| Phonetic component | 聿 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 筆 |
| Old Chinese | /*prud/ |

### Definitions

筆
* writing brush
* (countable) pen; pencil (Classifier: 枝／支 m c mn; 把 md)
       Nǐ yǒu bǐ ma? Jì yīxià zhè ge diànhuà hàomǎ. [Pinyin]
       Do you have a pen to write this phone number?
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to write; to compose; to pen
* Classifier for writing or drawing: stroke (of Chinese characters, in a painting, etc.)
       Nǐ zhè ge zì xiě cuò le, zhèlǐ shào le yī bǐ. [Pinyin]
       The character you have miswritten lacks one stroke here.
* Classifier for sums of money and deals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
       Wǒ huì jǐnzǎo bǎ zhè bǐ qián huán gěi nǐ. [Pinyin]
       I will return the money as soon as possible.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 筆 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 筆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 筆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 筆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 筆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 筆 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 筆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 筆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 筆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 筆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 筆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 筆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 筆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 筆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 筆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 筆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 筆 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 筆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 筆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 筆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 筆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 筆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 筆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 筆 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 筆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 筆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 筆 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 筆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 筆 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 筆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 筆 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 匹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 筆 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 筆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 筆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 筆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 筆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 筆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 筆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 筆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian (Daguyun) | 筆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 筆 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 筆 |
| Jin | Datong | 筆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 筆 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 筆 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 筆 |
| Jin | Linhe | 筆 |
| Jin | Jining | 筆 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 筆 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 筆 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 筆 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 筆 |
| Jin | Handan | 筆 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 筆 |
| Jin | Suide | 筆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 筆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 筆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 筆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 筆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 筆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 筆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 筆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 筆 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 筆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 筆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 筆 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 筆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 筆 |

### Compounds

* 一筆 / 一笔
* 一筆一畫 / 一笔一画 (yībǐyīhuà)
* 一筆勾 / 一笔勾
* 一筆勾斷 / 一笔勾断
* 一筆勾消 / 一笔勾消 (yībǐgōuxiāo)
* 一筆勾銷 / 一笔勾销 (yībǐgōuxiāo)
* 一筆抹倒 / 一笔抹倒 (yībǐmǒdǎo)
* 一筆抹殺 / 一笔抹杀 (yībǐmǒshā)
* 一筆抹煞 / 一笔抹煞 (yībǐmǒshā)
* 一筆畫 / 一笔画
* 下筆 / 下笔 (xiàbǐ)
* 下筆千言 / 下笔千言
* 下筆如神 / 下笔如神 (xiàbǐ rú shén)
* 下筆成篇 / 下笔成篇
* 下筆成章 / 下笔成章
* 下筆有神 / 下笔有神
* 不親筆硯 / 不亲笔砚
* 中筆 / 中笔 (Zhōngbǐ)
* 丹筆 / 丹笔
* 主筆 / 主笔 (zhǔbǐ)
* 乩筆 / 乩笔
* 五筆 / 五笔 (wǔbǐ)
* 五筆字型 / 五笔字型 (wǔbǐ zìxíng)
* 五色筆 / 五色笔
* 仙筆 / 仙笔
* 代筆 / 代笔 (dàibǐ)
* 代筆遺囑 / 代笔遗嘱
* 伏筆 / 伏笔 (fúbǐ)
* 任筆沈詩 / 任笔沈诗
* 保健粉筆 / 保健粉笔
* 信筆 / 信笔
* 信筆塗鴉 / 信笔涂鸦
* 側筆 / 侧笔
* 健筆 / 健笔
* 停筆 / 停笔
* 偵訊筆錄 / 侦讯笔录
* 光筆 / 光笔 (guāngbǐ)
* 共筆硯 / 共笔砚
* 冗筆 / 冗笔
* 凌雲健筆 / 凌云健笔
* 刀筆 / 刀笔 (dāobǐ)
* 刀筆吏 / 刀笔吏
* 判官筆 / 判官笔
* 剛毫筆 / 刚毫笔
* 劣筆 / 劣笔
* 動筆 / 动笔 (dòngbǐ)
* 原子筆 / 原子笔 (yuánzǐbǐ)
* 口誅筆伐 / 口诛笔伐 (kǒuzhūbǐfá)
* 史筆 / 史笔 (shǐbǐ)
* 名筆 / 名笔 (míngbǐ)
* 命筆 / 命笔 (mìngbǐ)
* 圓珠筆 / 圆珠笔 (yuánzhūbǐ)
* 圓筆 / 圆笔
* 執筆 / 执笔 (zhíbǐ)
* 夢筆 / 梦笔
* 夢筆生花 / 梦笔生花 (mèngbǐshēnghuā)
* 大手筆 / 大手笔 (dàshǒubǐ)
* 大撈一筆 / 大捞一笔
* 大筆 / 大笔 (dàbǐ)
* 大筆如椽 / 大笔如椽
* 奮筆疾書 / 奋笔疾书
* 如椽筆 / 如椽笔
* 妙筆 / 妙笔 (miàobǐ)
* 妙筆生花 / 妙笔生花 (miàobǐshēnghuā)
* 孟詩韓筆 / 孟诗韩笔
* 宣筆 / 宣笔
* 宸筆 / 宸笔
* 容齋隨筆 / 容斋随笔
* 封筆 / 封笔 (fēngbǐ)
* 對筆跡 / 对笔迹
* 屠毒筆墨 / 屠毒笔墨
* 峻筆 / 峻笔
* 工筆 / 工笔
* 工筆畫 / 工笔画
* 帶上一筆 / 带上一笔
* 弄筆 / 弄笔
* 弄筆端 / 弄笔端
* 弄筆墨 / 弄笔墨 (nòng bǐmò)
* 彩筆 / 彩笔 (cǎibǐ)
* 彩色筆 / 彩色笔 (cǎisèbǐ)
* 御筆 / 御笔 (yùbǐ)
* 心慕筆追 / 心慕笔追
* 心正筆正 / 心正笔正
* 心織筆耕 / 心织笔耕
* 意到筆隨 / 意到笔随
* 意前筆後 / 意前笔后
* 意在筆先 / 意在笔先
* 意在筆前 / 意在笔前
* 意存筆先 / 意存笔先
* 手不輟筆 / 手不辍笔
* 手筆 / 手笔 (shǒubǐ)
* 才筆 / 才笔 (cáibǐ)
* 把筆 / 把笔
* 投筆從戎 / 投笔从戎 (tóubǐcóngróng)
* 拙筆 / 拙笔 (zhuóbǐ)
* 拈筆 / 拈笔
* 持橐簪筆 / 持橐簪笔
* 持筆 / 持笔
* 拿筆桿 / 拿笔杆
* 拷貝筆 / 拷贝笔
* 振筆 / 振笔
* 振筆直書 / 振笔直书
* 掭筆 / 掭笔 (tiànbǐ)
* 掘筆 / 掘笔
* 排筆 / 排笔 (páibǐ)
* 揮筆 / 挥笔
* 援筆 / 援笔 (yuánbǐ)
* 提筆 / 提笔 (tíbǐ)
* 援筆成章 / 援笔成章
* 援筆立就 / 援笔立就
* 援筆立成 / 援笔立成
* 援筆而就 / 援笔而就
* 搖筆 / 摇笔
* 搖筆即來 / 摇笔即来
* 搠筆巡街 / 搠笔巡街
* 操筆 / 操笔
* 擱筆 / 搁笔 (gēbǐ)
* 攬筆 / 揽笔
* 收筆 / 收笔 (shōubǐ)
* 敗筆 / 败笔 (bàibǐ)
* 文筆 / 文笔 (wénbǐ)
* 方筆 / 方笔
* 春秋筆削 / 春秋笔削
* 春秋筆法 / 春秋笔法 (Chūnqiū bǐfǎ)
* 曲筆 / 曲笔
* 書筆記 / 书笔记
* 木筆 / 木笔
* 朱筆 / 朱笔 (zhūbǐ)
* 椽筆 / 椽笔
* 橐筆 / 橐笔
* 欣然命筆 / 欣然命笔
* 毛筆 / 毛笔 (máobǐ)
* 毛筆字 / 毛笔字
* 水筆 / 水笔 (shuǐbǐ)
* 水筆仔 / 水笔仔
* 水筆子 / 水笔子
* 江淹夢筆 / 江淹梦笔
* 泚筆 / 泚笔
* 海筆 / 海笔
* 涉筆 / 涉笔
* 涕筆俱下 / 涕笔俱下
* 淩雲筆 / 凌云笔
* 渴筆 / 渴笔
* 湖筆 / 湖笔
* 漫筆 / 漫笔 (mànbǐ)
* 潤筆 / 润笔 (rùnbǐ)
* 濡筆 / 濡笔
* 炭筆 / 炭笔 (tànbǐ)
* 炭筆畫 / 炭笔画
* 炭精筆 / 炭精笔
* 無塵粉筆 / 无尘粉笔
* 無灰粉筆 / 无灰粉笔
* 煞筆 / 煞笔
* 熒光筆 / 荧光笔 (yíngguāngbǐ)
* 狼毛筆 / 狼毛笔
* 珥筆 / 珥笔
* 生花之筆 / 生花之笔
* 生花妙筆 / 生花妙笔
* 生花筆 / 生花笔
* 白筆 / 白笔
* 直筆 / 直笔 (zhíbǐ)
* 眉筆 / 眉笔
* 真筆 / 真笔
* 真筆版 / 真笔版
* 短筆 / 短笔
* 石筆 / 石笔
* 硃筆 / 朱笔
* 神來之筆 / 神来之笔 (shénláizhībǐ)
* 神筆 / 神笔
* 禿筆 / 秃笔 (tūbǐ)
* 秉筆 / 秉笔 (bǐngbǐ)
* 秉筆直書 / 秉笔直书 (bǐngbǐzhíshū)
* 筆下 / 笔下 (bǐxià)
* 筆下功夫 / 笔下功夫
* 筆下超生 / 笔下超生
* 筆仗 / 笔仗
* 筆供 / 笔供 (bǐgòng)
* 筆冢 / 笔冢
* 筆刀硯城 / 笔刀砚城
* 筆削 / 笔削 (bǐxuē)
* 筆劃 / 笔划 (bǐhuà)
* 筆力 / 笔力 (bǐlì)
* 筆力扛鼎 / 笔力扛鼎
* 筆力萬鈞 / 笔力万钧
* 筆勢 / 笔势 (bǐshì)
* 筆匠 / 笔匠
* 筆參造化 / 笔参造化
* 筆友 / 笔友 (bǐyǒu)
* 筆名 / 笔名 (bǐmíng)
* 筆夢生花 / 笔梦生花
* 筆套 / 笔套 (bǐtào)
* 筆尖 / 笔尖 (bǐjiān)
* 筆山 / 笔山
* 筆岫 / 笔岫
* 筆帖式 / 笔帖式 (bǐtièshì)
* 筆帽 / 笔帽 (bǐmào)
* 筆床 / 笔床 (bǐchuáng)
* 筆底生花 / 笔底生花 (bǐdǐshēnghuā)
* 筆心 / 笔心 (bǐxīn)
* 筆性 / 笔性
* 筆意 / 笔意 (bǐyì)
* 筆戰 / 笔战 (bǐzhàn)
* 筆挺 / 笔挺 (bǐtǐng)
* 筆捲 / 笔卷
* 筆掃千軍 / 笔扫千军
* 筆插 / 笔插
* 筆描 / 笔描
* 筆據 / 笔据
* 筆擱 / 笔搁
* 筆斷意連 / 笔断意连
* 筆會 / 笔会 (bǐhuì)
* 筆札 / 笔札 (bǐzhá)
* 筆架 / 笔架 (bǐjià)
* 筆架山 / 笔架山 (Bǐjiàshān)
* 筆格 / 笔格 (bǐgé)
* 筆桿 / 笔杆 (bǐgǎn)
* 筆楮難窮 / 笔楮难穷
* 筆榻 / 笔榻
* 筆法 / 笔法 (bǐfǎ)
* 筆洗 / 笔洗 (bǐxǐ)
* 筆海 / 笔海
* 筆畫 / 笔画 (bǐhuà)
* 筆癖 / 笔癖
* 筆直 / 笔直 (bǐzhí)
* 筆端 / 笔端 (bǐduān)
* 筆筒 / 笔筒 (bǐtǒng)
* 筆答 / 笔答 (bǐdá)
* 筆筒樹 / 笔筒树
* 筆管 / 笔管 (bǐguǎn)
* 筆算 / 笔算 (bǐsuàn)
* 筆籙 / 笔箓
* 筆精 / 笔精
* 筆翰如流 / 笔翰如流
* 筆者 / 笔者 (bǐzhě)
* 筆耕 / 笔耕 (bǐgēng)
* 筆耕墨耘 / 笔耕墨耘
* 筆致 / 笔致 (bǐzhì)
* 筆舌 / 笔舌
* 筆虎 / 笔虎
* 筆袋 / 笔袋 (bǐdài)
* 筆補造化 / 笔补造化
* 筆觸 / 笔触 (bǐchù)
* 筆記 / 笔记 (bǐjì)
* 筆記小說 / 笔记小说
* 筆記書 / 笔记书
* 筆記本 / 笔记本 (bǐjìběn)
* 筆試 / 笔试 (bǐshì)
* 筆誤 / 笔误 (bǐwù)
* 筆談 / 笔谈 (bǐtán)
* 筆調 / 笔调 (bǐdiào)
* 筆論 / 笔论
* 筆諫 / 笔谏
* 筆資 / 笔资 (bǐzī)
* 筆走龍蛇 / 笔走龙蛇 (bǐzǒulóngshé)
* 筆路 / 笔路 (bǐlù)
* 筆跡 / 笔迹 (bǐjì)
* 筆跡鑑定 / 笔迹鉴定
* 筆述 / 笔述
* 筆鋒 / 笔锋 (bǐfēng)
* 筆錄 / 笔录 (bǐlù)
* 筆陣 / 笔阵
* 筆陣圖 / 笔阵图
* 筆順 / 笔顺 (bǐshùn)
* 筆頭 / 笔头 (bǐtóu)
* 筆頭兒 / 笔头儿
* 筆墨 / 笔墨 (bǐmò)
* 筆墨官司 / 笔墨官司
* 筆墨生涯 / 笔墨生涯
* 筆墨紙硯 / 笔墨纸砚 (bǐmòzhǐyàn)
* 筆龍膽 / 笔龙胆
* 簪筆 / 簪笔
* 簪筆磬折 / 簪笔磬折
* 簽字筆 / 签字笔
* 粉筆 / 粉笔 (fěnbǐ)
* 紅筆 / 红笔 (hóngbǐ)
* 紙筆 / 纸笔 (zhǐbǐ)
* 絕筆 / 绝笔 (juébǐ)
* 結筆 / 结笔
* 綵筆生花 / 彩笔生花
* 網路筆友 / 网路笔友
* 耍筆桿 / 耍笔杆 (shuǎ bǐgǎn)
* 脣筆 / 唇笔
* 自來水筆 / 自来水笔 (zìláishuǐbǐ)
* 自動鉛筆 / 自动铅笔 (zìdòng qiānbǐ)
* 舉筆成章 / 举笔成章
* 舞筆弄文 / 舞笔弄文
* 色筆 / 色笔
* 荻筆 / 荻笔 (díbǐ)
* 著筆 / 着笔 (zhuóbǐ)
* 董狐筆 / 董狐笔
* 落筆 / 落笔 (luòbǐ)
* 落筆點蠅 / 落笔点蝇
* 蒙恬造筆 / 蒙恬造笔
* 蘸筆 / 蘸笔
* 蠟筆 / 蜡笔 (làbǐ)
* 行筆 / 行笔 (xíngbǐ)
* 補筆 / 补笔
* 親筆 / 亲笔 (qīnbǐ)
* 調墨弄筆 / 调墨弄笔
* 譯筆 / 译笔
* 變色筆 / 变色笔
* 走筆 / 走笔
* 走筆成文 / 走笔成文
* 走筆成章 / 走笔成章
* 起筆 / 起笔 (qǐbǐ)
* 輟筆 / 辍笔 (chuòbǐ)
* 退筆 / 退笔
* 這筆帳 / 这笔帐
* 運筆 / 运笔 (yùnbǐ)
* 運筆如飛 / 运笔如飞
* 遺筆 / 遗笔
* 金筆 / 金笔
* 針筆 / 针笔
* 針筆匠 / 针笔匠
* 鉛筆 / 铅笔 (qiānbǐ)
* 鉛筆畫 / 铅笔画 (qiānbǐhuà)
* 鋼筆 / 钢笔 (gāngbǐ)
* 鋼筆畫 / 钢笔画
* 鐵筆 / 铁笔 (tiěbǐ)
* 鐵筆直書 / 铁笔直书
* 鐵筆銀鉤 / 铁笔银钩
* 長鋒筆 / 长锋笔
* 開筆 / 开笔 (kāibǐ)
* 附筆 / 附笔 (fùbǐ)
* 隨筆 / 随笔 (suíbǐ)
* 韜筆 / 韬笔
* 頓筆 / 顿笔
* 頭筆 / 头笔 (Tóubǐ)
* 題筆 / 题笔
* 顫筆 / 颤笔
* 風月筆墨 / 风月笔墨
* 鬼筆 / 鬼笔 (guǐbǐ)
* 鴨嘴筆 / 鸭嘴笔 (yāzuǐbǐ)
* 鴻筆 / 鸿笔
* 墨池筆塚 / 墨池笔冢
* 墨筆 / 墨笔 (mòbǐ)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 筆(ひつ) (hitsu)
* → Korean: 필(筆) (pil)
* → Vietnamese: bút (筆)
Others
* → Buryat: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) / биирэ (biire)
* → Khmer: ពិត (pɨt, “small Chinese-style writing brush”)
* → Korean: 붓 (but, “writing brush”)
* → Proto-Be: *ɓitᴰ¹
** Lingao: bit⁷, bɔt⁷'
* → Manchu: ᡶᡳ (fi, “brush”), ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ (bithe, “book”), ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ (bithesi, “scribe”)
** → Chinese: 筆帖式／笔帖式 (bǐtièshì, “scribe during the Qing Dynasty”)
** → Nivkh: питғы (pitγə)
* → Tibetan: པིར (pir, “writing brush, pen”)
** → Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) / бийр (biir)
* → Proto-Turkic: *biti-
** Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /⁠biti-⁠/, “to write”)
** → Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠬᠦ (bičikü) / бичих (bičix, “to write”)
** ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *bitig
*** → Hungarian: betű
*** Oghur:
**** Chuvash: пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, “amulet”)
*** Common Turkic: *bitig, *bitik
*** Proto-Oghuz: *bitig, *bitik
**** West Oghuz:
***** Old Anatolian Turkish: بِتى (biti, “letter, written document”)
****** Azerbaijani: bitik (archaic)
****** Ottoman Turkish: بتى (biti, “letter, written document; memory (literature); bill, document”)
******* Turkish: biti (“letter, post; amulet; notebook; book; forme; amulet; credentials, document, compass, licence; clerk”) (dialectal)
**** East Oghuz:
***** Salar: bitik
*** Karluk:
**** Karakhanid: بِتِكٔ (bitig, bitik)
***** Khorezmian Turkic:
****** → Bulgar: بطك (bitik)
****** Chagatai:
******* Uzbek: bitik
******* Uyghur: بېتىك (bëtik)
*** Kipchak:
**** Kipchak: بتو (bitüv, bitiv), بتی (biti), بتك (bitik)
**** North Kipchak:
***** Bashkir: бетеү (betew, “amulet”)
***** Tatar: бөти (böti, “letter, amulet”)
**** West Kipchak:
***** Karaim: битик (bitik)
***** Kumyk: битик (bitik, “amulet”)
**** South Kipchak:
***** Caspian:
****** Kazakh: бітік (bıtık, “letter, scripture”)
*** Siberian:
**** Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /⁠bitig⁠/)
***** → Turkish: betik
***** Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bitig)
****** Western Yugur: [script needed] (pïʰtïɣ, “book”)
*** → Mongolian: бичиг (bičig)
**** → Kyrgyz: бичик (bicik, “book of Kalmyk”)
**** → Southern Altai: бичик (bičik, “book”)
**** → Khakas: пічік (pìçìk, “book”)
**** → Shor: пичик (“script, alphabet”)
**** → Tuvan: бижик (bijik)
**** → Yakut: бичик (bicik)
* → Vietnamese: viết (“to write”)
* → Zhuang: bit

### References

* “筆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “筆”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひち (hichi)
* Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふで (fude, 筆, Jōyō)、ふんで (funde, 筆)、ふみて (fumite, 筆)
* Nanori: くし (kushi)

#### Compounds

* 土筆(ツクシ) (tsukushi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 筆
* ふで Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
/fumite/ → /fũnde/ → /fude/
Shift in pronunciation from fumite below, caused by a regular shift where medial み (mi) causes nasalization of the preceding vowel and voicing of the following consonant, with the nasalization reverting in some cases. Now the most common pronunciation in modern Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふで [fùdé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟de̞]

#### Noun

筆(ふで) • (fude)
* a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen
* writing:
** the act of writing
** something written
** handwriting, how someone writes

##### Usage notes

The pen sense is more commonly expressed using the English-derived term ペン (pen).

##### Derived terms

* 筆押(ふでお)さえ (fude-osae)
* 筆下(ふでお)ろし (fude-oroshi)
* 筆筒(ふでづつ) (fudezutsu)
* 筆箱(ふでばこ) (fudebako)
* 筆(ふで)ペン (fudepen)
* 筆忠実(ふでまめ) (fudemame)
* 絵筆(えふで) (efude)
* 朱筆(しゅふで) (shufude)
* 万年筆(まんねんふで) (mannenfude)

##### Idioms

* 弘法(こうぼう)にも筆(ふで)の誤(あやま)り (Kōbō nimo fude no ayamari)
* 弘法筆(こうぼうふで)を選(えら)ばず (Kōbō fude o erabazu)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 筆
* ふんで Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
/fumite/ → /fũnde/ → /funde/
Shift in pronunciation from fumite below, caused by a regular shift where medial み (mi) causes nasalization of the preceding vowel and voicing of the following consonant. Listed with this reading in the 観智院 (Kanchi-in) edition of the 11th- or 12th-century 類聚名義抄 (Ruiju Myōgishō) dictionary.
Superseded by the fude reading above in modern Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸɯ̟̃nde̞]

#### Noun

筆(ふんで) • (funde)
* (obsolete) same as for fude above: brush; pen; writing

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 筆
* ふみて Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
Compound of 文 (fumi, “writing”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”). Appears with this reading in the Man'yōshū, circa 759.
Superseded by the fude reading above in modern Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸɯ̟mʲite̞]

#### Noun

筆(ふみて) • (fumite)
* (obsolete) same as for fude above: brush; pen; writing

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 筆
* ひつ Grade: 3
* kan'on
/pitu/ → /fitu/ → /hitu/
From Middle Chinese 筆 / 笔 (pit, “writing brush”). Compare modern Hakka and Min Nan pit, Mandarin bǐ.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひつ [hìtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [çit͡sɨ]

#### Noun

筆(ひつ) • (hitsu)
* a brush, a pen, a writing or drawing implement
* the mark made by a brush or pen
* writing or drawing with a brush or pen
* an allotment of land, such as for agriculture or housing (from the way that a description of the land and the owner would be written down in the survey register)

##### Derived terms

* 筆画(ひっかく) (hikkaku)
* 筆記(ひっき) (hikki)
* 筆硯(ひっけん) (hikken)
* 筆算(ひっさん) (hissan)
* 筆試(ひっし) (hisshi)
* 筆写(ひっしゃ) (hissha)
* 筆者(ひっしゃ) (hissha)
* 筆順(ひつじゅん) (hitsujun)
* 筆触(ひっしょく) (hisshoku)
* 筆勢(ひっせい) (hissei)
* 筆跡(ひっせき) (hisseki)
* 筆端(ひったん) (hittan)
* 筆談(ひつだん) (hitsudan)
* 筆致(ひっち) (hitchi)
* 筆答(ひっとう) (hittō)
* 筆頭(ひっとう) (hittō)
* 筆脈(ひつみゃく) (hitsumyaku)
* 筆名(ひつめい) (hitsumei)
* 悪筆(あくひつ) (akuhitsu)
* 鉛筆(えんぴつ) (enpitsu)
* 運筆(うんぴつ) (unpitsu)
* 角筆(かくひつ) (kakuhitsu)
* 加筆(かひつ) (kahitsu)
* 執筆(しっぴつ) (shippitsu)
* 朱筆(しゅひつ) (shuhitsu)
* 親筆(しんぴつ) (shinpitsu)
* 随筆(ずいひつ) (zuihitsu)
* 絶筆(ぜっぴつ) (zeppitsu)
* 速筆(そくひつ) (sokuhitsu)
* 代筆(だいひつ) (daihitsu)
* 達筆(たっぴつ) (tappitsu)
* 遅筆(ちひつ) (chihitsu)
* 直筆(じきひつ) (jikihitsu)
* 椽筆(てんぴつ) (tenpitsu)
* 特筆(とくひつ) (tokuhitsu)
* 肉筆(にくひつ) (nikuhitsu)
* 文筆(ぶんぴつ) (bunpitsu)
* 末筆(まっぴつ) (mappitsu)
* 万年筆(まんねんひつ) (mannenhitsu)
* 毛筆(もうひつ) (mōhitsu)

### References

* ↑ Toparlı, Recep (2007) Kıpçak Türkçesi Sözlüğü‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 33
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

筆 (eumhun 붓 필 (but pil))
* hanja form of 필 (“writing brush; to write; stroke”)

#### Compounds

* 만년필 (萬年筆, mannyeonpil, “fountain pen”)
* 분필 (粉筆, bunpil, “chalk”)
* 연필 (鉛筆, yeonpil, “pencil”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

筆: Hán Nôm readings: bút, viết
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