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).

笔 character breakdown

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
surname Mao
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

= 丿 + + : Mahatma Gandhi finally found a way to get some hair again: Just inside the aorta's kitchen, he used a shovel to dig up several Cartesian coordinate systems. He rejoices, because finally his dream of being a punk once again can finally come true.

= 丿 + + : Mahatma Gandhi finally found a way to get some hair again: Just inside the aorta's kitchen, he used a shovel to dig up several bananas. Using a charged capacitor, he fuses them to his head.
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.

Characters with 笔 as component

to drain / to strain / to decant

Words with 笔

ballpoint pen / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
ballpoint pen / also written 圓珠筆|圆珠笔
to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen
to write at a tremendous speed
writing brush
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
poisonous writing / disparaging writing / calumny
the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
marker (writing instrument)
talented, gifted or ingenious writing
mini laptop or notebook (computer) / netbook / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]

Sentences with 笔

笔 currently does not appear in any sentence.