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筆

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 786 / 2,608

Writing Brush

On’yomi
ひつ
Kun’yomi
ふで
Radical
竹 Bamboo (Kangxi 118)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 池 (Pond), less common than 之 (Of).

Bamboo on top is split and shaped into a brush below -- a bamboo-handled brush is the classic writing brush.

In words

筆 ふで writing brushN3
鉛筆 えんぴつ pencilN5
筆者 ひっしゃ writer,authorN2

筆 is rank 786 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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