Meanings
- writing brush
- writing
- painting brush
- handwriting
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1132 of 2,500
Kanji N2
筆: writing brush, writing, painting brush
筆 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning writing brush, writing, painting brush, written with 12 strokes. It is read ヒツ (on) and ふで (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 筆 (ふで, writing brush) and 筆者 (ひっしゃ, writer).
筆
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ヒツ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- ふで
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 筆
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- 筆ふでJLPT N3
writing brush; paintbrush; pen
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