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

fountain pen / CL:支[zhi1]
in one's own handwriting
to put pen to paper
to put pen to paper / pen mark
mechanical pencil / propelling pencil
to wield the pen / to write
pencil sharpener / CL:把[ba3]
to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
(permanent) marker (pen)
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper

Sentences with 笔

笔 currently does not appear in any sentence.