pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

= + : Brunhilde (bi) decided to try art for a change and constructs a brush (笔) in the space station (Ø3). She cuts off her long hair (毛) and attaches it to a bamboo stick (⺮) to make her brush (笔).

筆 character breakdown

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

= 𠂉 + + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.
(arch. introductory particle) / then / and then

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a broad decorator's brush.

Yu the Great (yu) is painting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). First she paints backgrounds with a decorator's brush (聿), then applies some details using a crayon (肀), and finally she discharges a capacitor (二) on the canvas for special effects.

Characters with 筆 as component

to drain / to strain / to decant

Words with 筆

to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite
to put pen to paper
foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
(idiom) to mention only very briefly / to skate over (a topic)
Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes / variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2]
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
to write freely / to express oneself as one pleases
superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)
writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery
Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes (variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2])
lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing
variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1]
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

Sentences with 筆

筆 currently does not appear in any sentence.