Read Edit View history Discussion 笔 bǐ HSK2 writing utensil Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 筆. Depicts a utensil for writing (聿) made from bamboo (⺮). Pinyin Separate values with commas bǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 笔 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 筆 ×笔 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint ⺮ is a component form of 竹. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 笔 Simp strokes 笔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 聿 component in the traditional character 筆. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 笔 Simp strokes 笔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 笔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 282, 794 ], [ 310, 757 ], [ 287, 697 ], [ 265, 653 ], [ 230, 604 ], [ 163, 543 ] ], [ [ 320, 689 ], [ 333, 696 ], [ 385, 698 ], [ 465, 719 ], [ 502, 718 ] ], [ [ 345, 635 ], [ 394, 595 ], [ 411, 571 ] ], [ [ 587, 841 ], [ 605, 826 ], [ 616, 804 ], [ 602, 763 ], [ 575, 707 ], [ 551, 673 ], [ 494, 616 ] ], [ [ 615, 728 ], [ 718, 741 ], [ 792, 766 ], [ 838, 766 ] ], [ [ 633, 658 ], [ 710, 611 ], [ 727, 583 ] ], [ [ 630, 527 ], [ 605, 537 ], [ 560, 542 ], [ 466, 494 ], [ 380, 462 ], [ 336, 449 ], [ 327, 452 ], [ 319, 444 ], [ 300, 447 ], [ 289, 438 ] ], [ [ 258, 354 ], [ 281, 347 ], [ 336, 348 ], [ 474, 373 ], [ 615, 408 ], [ 659, 408 ] ], [ [ 158, 189 ], [ 180, 184 ], [ 229, 187 ], [ 481, 238 ], [ 730, 275 ], [ 816, 260 ] ], [ [ 403, 453 ], 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885 210 Q 869 110 854 91 Q 815 46 645 42 Q 554 45 514 60 Q 480 76 472 100 Q 459 134 458 213 L 459 252 Q 462 313 471 351 L 486 399 Q 490 423 475 437 Q 453 455 436 463 C 410 479 385 481 396 453 Q 396 452 398 448 Q 413 420 414 382 L 413 340 Q 412 286 412 243 L 412 205 Q 413 123 422 97 Q 434 52 468 28 Q 532 -21 771 -7 Q 877 0 919 24 Q 950 40 938 74 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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