writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支,枝); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner

noun(量) HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 筆

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

这是谁的笔?

Whose pen is this?

她买了一些笔。

She bought some pens.