Pen in Chinese (Mandarin): 笔 (bǐ)
笔
bǐ
pen
- Simplified
- 笔
- Traditional
- 筆
- Pinyin
- bǐ
- Typed as
- bi
Use it in a sentence
我的笔没水了。
我的筆沒水了。
My pen has run out of ink.
The characters in 笔
笔 / 筆
Pen, brush. 竹 (bamboo) is on top, because brushes had bamboo handles.
10 strokes
Third tone. 笔 covers pens, pencils and brushes: 铅笔 (pencil), 蜡笔 (crayon), 毛笔 (máobǐ, writing brush).
More examples with 笔
借我一支笔。
借我一支筆。
Jiè wǒ yì zhī bǐ.
Lend me a pen.
我的笔是蓝色的。
我的筆是藍色的。
Wǒ de bǐ shì lánsè de.
My pen is blue.
How to write 笔 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
笔 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
筆 12 strokes
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