Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 fur
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Vocabulary

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

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