These are pens.
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笔
Traditional: 筆
bǐ
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bǐ · bat1 (Jyutping)
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1])
- brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
- (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
- (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character
- (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business
- (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
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Character breakdown
笔
- Meaning
- writing brush; write; stroke
- Radical
- ⺮
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿱⺮毛
- Cangjie
- HHQU
- Four-corner
- 8871
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Example sentences
Write it in pencil.
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