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筆 = 竹 + 聿
筆 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “writing brush”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 聿 (brush). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1014.
- Keyword
- writing brush
- RTK frame
- 1014
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ふで
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- писать кисти
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 筆 writing brush
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 筆 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “brush”. 筆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 筆 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.