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毛笔 (máo bǐ): meaning and stroke order

毛笔 (máo bǐ) means writing brush, CL:枝,管.

毛笔

Simplified
毛笔
Traditional
毛筆
Pinyin
máo bǐ

Stroke order of 毛笔

毛

  • Máo surname Mao
  • máo hair; feather
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

笔

  • bǐ writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 筆

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 毛笔

  1. máo bǐ Traditional 毛筆
    • writing brush
    • CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]

Radicals of the characters

毛
Radical 毛 (Kangxi radical 82) · 4 strokes
笔
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 10 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 毛 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

毛笔 in our stories

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  • 她小心地取来一点稀释的碘酒，用最细的毛笔在页角轻轻刷了一下。

    tā xiǎoxīn de qǔlái yì diǎn xīshì de diǎnjiǔ yòng zuì xì de máobǐ zài yè jiǎo qīngqīng shuā le yíxià

    She carefully fetched a little diluted iodine and brushed it lightly on a corner of the page with her finest brush.

    From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 毛笔

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).