IDENTITY
笔bǐpen; writing brush
HSK 1Top 740
CORE MEANING
pen; writing brush
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.pen; brushHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 竹bamboo radical (zhú)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱竹毛
- bamboo (brush handle)
- hair (brush tip)
USAGE
Common words
铅笔qiānbǐpencil
毛笔máobǐwriting brush
钢笔gāngbǐfountain pen
Graded examples
这支笔是我的。Zhè zhī bǐ shì wǒ de.HSK1
This pen is mine.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 毕
LEARNING
Memory aid
Bamboo (竹) holding animal hair (毛) — a brush, a pen.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #740
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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