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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
筆 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹 +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹中手 (HLQ ), four-corner 88507 , composition ⿱𥫗 聿 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 882 , character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25987
Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2970, character 9
Unihan data for U+7B46
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
筆
*prud
潷
*prud
硉
*ruːd
律
*rud
葎
*b·rud
聿
*b·lud
銉
*lud
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *prud ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : semantic 竹 ( “ bamboo ” ) + phonetic 聿 ( OC *b·lud , “ writing brush ” ) – a hand holding a brush 聿 . The bamboo (竹 ) refers to the material of traditional Chinese brushes.
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ris ( “ to draw; picture ” ) or *rit ( “ to draw; boundary ” ) (STEDT). Related to 聿 (OC *b·lud ).
Benedict (1972) surmises that this might ultimately be a loan from Austro-Tai into Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Austronesian *bulut ( “ hairy filaments of certain plants, husk ” ) (> Cebuano bulut ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : bǐ (bi3 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄅㄧˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : bi2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : би (bi, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : bat1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : bit2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : bit6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : pit
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : bid5
Jin (Wiktionary ) : bieh4
Northern Min (KCR ) : bĭ
Eastern Min (BUC ) : bék
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : pit
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : big4 / bêg4
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : bi6
Note : rare.
Note :
big4 - Chaozhou;
bêg4 - Jieyang.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
筆
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
bǐ
Middle Chinese
‹ pit ›
Old Chinese
/*p.ut/ (borrowed as *prut from Qín dialect)
English
writing brush
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
筆
Reading #
1/1
No.
15975
Phonetic component
聿
Rime group
物
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
筆
Old Chinese
/*prud/
Definitions
筆
writing brush
( countable ) pen ; pencil (Classifier : 枝 / 支 m c mn ; 把 md )
你 有 筆 嗎 ?記 一下 這 個 電話 號碼 。 [MSC , trad. ] 你 有 笔 吗 ?记 一下 这 个 电话 号码 。 [MSC , simp. ] Nǐ yǒu bǐ ma? Jì yīxià zhè ge diànhuà hàomǎ. Do you have a pen to write this phone number?
† to write ; to compose
Classifier for writing or drawing: stroke (of Chinese characters, in a painting, etc.)
你 這 個 字 寫 錯 了 ,這裡 少 了 一 筆 。 [MSC , trad. ] 你 这 个 字 写 错 了 ,这里 少 了 一 笔 。 [MSC , simp. ] Nǐ zhè ge zì xiě cuò le, zhèlǐ shào le yī bǐ . The character you have miswritten lacks one stroke here.
Classifier for sums of money and deals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
我 會 儘早 把 這 筆 錢 還 給 你 。 [MSC , trad. ] 我 会 尽早 把 这 笔 钱 还 给 你 。 [MSC , simp. ] Wǒ huì jǐnzǎo bǎ zhè bǐ qián huán gěi nǐ. I will return the money as soon as possible.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
筆 (“pen; pencil”)
Dialectal synonyms of
筆 (“(classifier for sums of money)”)
Compounds
Descendants
Others
→ Buryat: ᠪᠢᠷ ( bir ) / биирэ ( biire )
→ Khmer: ពិត ( pɨt , “ small Chinese-style writing brush ” )
→ Korean: 붓 (but , “writing brush”)
→ Proto-Be: *ɓitᴰ¹
→ Manchu: ᡶᡳ ( fi , “ brush ” ) , ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ ( bithe , “ book ” ) , ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ ( bithesi , “ scribe ” )
→ Chinese: 筆帖式 / 笔帖式 (bǐtièshì , “scribe during the Qing Dynasty”)
→ Nivkh: питғы ( pitꜧə )
→ Tibetan: པིར ( pir , “ writing brush, pen ” )
→ Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷ ( bir ) / бийр ( biir )
→ Proto-Turkic: *biti-
Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 ( b²it²i /biti-/ , “ to write ” )
→ Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠬᠦ ( bičikü ) / бичих ( bičix , “ to write ” )
⇒ Proto-Turkic: *bitig → Hungarian: betű Oghur:Chuvash: пӗтӳ ( pĕt̬ü , “ amulet ” ) Common Turkic: *bitig , *bitik Proto-Oghuz: *bitig , *bitik West Oghuz:Old Anatolian Turkish: بِتى ( biti , “ letter, written document ” ) Azerbaijani: bitik ( archaic ) Ottoman Turkish: بتى ( biti , “ letter, written document; memory (literature ); bill, document ” ) Turkish: biti ( “ letter, post; amulet; notebook; book; forme; amulet; credentials, document, compass, licence; clerk ” ) ( dialectal ) East Oghuz: Karluk:Karakhanid: بِتِكٔ ( bitig, bitik ) Khorezmian Turkic:→ Bulgar: بطك ( bitik ) Chagatai: Kipchak:Kipchak: بتو ( bitüv, bitiv ) , بتی ( biti ) , بتك ( bitik ) North Kipchak:Bashkir: бетеү ( betew , “ amulet ” ) Tatar: бөти ( böti , “ letter, amulet ” ) West Kipchak:Karaim: битик ( bitik ) Kumyk: битик ( bitik , “ amulet ” ) South Kipchak:Caspian:Kazakh: бітік ( bıtık , “ letter, scripture ” ) Siberian:Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 ( b²it²g /bitig/ ) Old Uyghur: ( bitig ) Western Yugur: ( pïʰtïɣ , “ book ” ) → Mongolian: бичиг ( bičig ) → Kyrgyz: бичик ( bicik , “ book of Kalmyk ” ) → Southern Altai: бичик ( bičik , “ book ” ) → Khakas: пічік ( pìçìk , “ book ” ) → Shor: пичик ( “ script, alphabet ” ) → Tuvan: бижик ( bijik ) → Yakut: бичик ( bicik )
→ Vietnamese: viết ( “ to write ” )
→ Zhuang: bit
References
Japanese
Kanji
筆
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
/fumite/ → /fũnde/ → /fude/
Shift in pronunciation from fumite below, caused by a regular shift where medial み ( mi ) causes nasalization of the preceding vowel and voicing of the following consonant , with the nasalization reverting in some cases. Now the most common pronunciation in modern Japanese .
Pronunciation
Noun
筆( ふで ) • (fude )
a writing brush , a painting brush, a pen
writing :
the act of writing
something written
handwriting , how someone writes
Usage notes
The pen sense is more commonly expressed using the English -derived term ペン ( pen ) .
Etymology 2
/fumite/ → /fũnde/ → /funde/
Shift in pronunciation from fumite below, caused by a regular shift where medial み ( mi ) causes nasalization of the preceding vowel and voicing of the following consonant . Listed with this reading in the 観智院 ( Kanchi-in ) edition of the 11th- or 12th-century 類聚名義抄 ( Ruiju Myōgishō ) dictionary.
Superseded by the fude reading above in modern Japanese .
Pronunciation
Noun
筆( ふんで ) • (funde )
( obsolete ) same as for fude above : brush ; pen ; writing
Etymology 3
Compound of 文 ( fumi , “ writing ” ) + 手 ( te , “ hand ” ) . Appears with this reading in the Man'yōshū , circa 759.
Superseded by the fude reading above in modern Japanese .
Pronunciation
Noun
筆( ふみて ) • (fumite )
( obsolete ) same as for fude above: brush ; pen ; writing
Etymology 4
/pitu/ → /fitu/ → /hitu/
From Middle Chinese 筆 / 笔 ( pit , “ writing brush ” ) . Compare modern Hakka and Min Nan pit , Mandarin bǐ .
Pronunciation
Noun
筆( ひつ ) • (hitsu )
a brush , a pen , a writing or drawing implement
the mark made by a brush or pen
writing or drawing with a brush or pen
an allotment of land , such as for agriculture or housing ( from the way that a description of the land and the owner would be written down in the survey register )
References
^ Toparlı, Recep (2007 ) Kıpçak Türkçesi Sözlüğü , 2nd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN , page 33
↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , →ISBN
↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
筆 (eumhun 붓 필 ( but pil ) )
Hanja form? of 필 ( “ writing brush; to write ; stroke ” ) .
Vietnamese
Han character
筆 : Hán Nôm readings: bút , viết
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