Memory phrase for the character: 笔

笔

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Meaning

pencil, pen, writing brush

Pronunciation

 bǐ

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, below: hair 毛

Mnemonic
 
Made of bamboo and at the end a tuft of hair: the brush or pencil.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
毛 furA tuft of hair 彡 is shown.
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 Vocabulary

铅笔 qiān bǐ  (lead) pencil
秉笔 bǐng bǐ  to hold the pen; to do the actual writing
秉笔 bǐng bǐ  

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