Kanji 筆 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

断筆

だんぴつ

ceasing to write

遅筆

ちひつ

writing slowly

勅筆

ちょくひつ

imperial autograph

直言直筆

ちょくげんちょくひつ

speak and write plainly (frankly)

直筆

ちょくひつ

writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke)

鉄筆

てっぴつ

stylus

転筆

てんぴつ

brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards (in calligraphy)

土筆

つくし

fertile shoot of field horsetail

刀筆の吏

とうひつのり

minor official

唐筆

とうひつ

Chinese brush

同筆

どうひつ

the same handwriting

特筆すべき

とくひつすべき

worthy of special mention

特筆大書

とくひつたいしょ

(printed or written in) large letters

禿筆

ちびふで

my poor writing

毒筆

どくひつ

(wielding a) vicious or poison pen

肉筆画

にくひつが

picture painted by hand

能筆

のうひつ

skillful penmanship

筆おろし

ふでおろし

doing something for the first time

筆が走る

ふでがはしる

to write with facility

筆が立つ

ふでがたつ

to write well

筆づかい

ふでづかい

brushwork

筆にまかせる

ふでにまかせる

to let one's pen wander

筆ペン

ふでペン

calligraphy pen

筆まめ

ふでまめ

good correspondent

筆をはしらせる

ふでをはしらせる

to write with facility

筆を揮う

ふでをふるう

to drive a quill (pen)

筆を執る

ふでをとる

to pen

筆を折る

ふでをおる

to break off writing

筆を擱く

ふでをおく

to stop writing

筆圧

ひつあつ

strength of a brushstroke

筆意

ひつい

brushwork

筆屋

ふでや

brushmaker (calligraphy)

筆架

ひっか

brush rack

筆禍

ひっか

troubles brought on by what one has written

筆禍事件

ひっかじけん

troubles brought on by what one has written

筆画

ひっかく

stroke in a Chinese character

筆界

ひつかい

boundary (e.g. of property)

筆界特定制度

ひつかいとくていせいど

(Japanese) land registration system

筆柿

ふでかき

fudegaki (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)

筆記具

ひっきぐ

writing materials

筆記者

ひっきしゃ

copyist

筆記体

ひっきたい

cursive style

筆記帳

ひっきちょう

notebook

筆研

ひっけん

daily life of a writer

筆耕

ひっこう

making a living copying or writing

筆耕料

ひっこうりょう

copying fee

筆才

ひっさい

literary talent

筆札

ひっさつ

handwriting

筆紙

ひっし

brush and paper

筆字

ふでじ

character written by brush

筆写

ひっしゃ

copying (by hand)

筆写体

ひっしゃたい

cursive typeface

筆写略字

ひっしゃりゃくじ

handwritten abbreviation (of kanji)

筆触

ひっしょく

feel of a brush or pen

筆陣

ひつじん

(lineup of authors engaged in a) war of words

筆勢

ひっせい

stroke (dash) of the pen

筆生

ひっせい

copyist

筆石

ふでいし

graptolite (extinct Paleozoic-era invertebrate)

筆跡学

ひっせきがく

graphology

筆跡鑑定

ひっせきかんてい

handwriting analysis

筆舌につくしがたい

ひつぜつにつくしがたい

beyond description

筆先

ふでさき

tip of brush

筆戦

ひっせん

war of words

筆洗

ひっせん

brush cleaner

筆禅道

ひつぜんどう

Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)

筆太

ふでぶと

a bold hand

筆端

ひったん

tip of a brush or pen

筆塚

ふでづか

mound covering reverently buried old brushes

筆答

ひっとう

written response

筆筒

ひっとう

brush case

筆頭とする

ひっとうとする

to be led by

筆頭株主

ひっとうかぶぬし

biggest shareholder

筆頭者

ひっとうしゃ

head of a family

筆頭著者

ひっとうちょしゃ

first author

筆入れ

ふでいれ

pencil case

筆箱

ふでばこ

pencil case

筆不精

ふでぶしょう

poor correspondent

筆付き

ふでつき

brushwork

筆文字

ふでもじ

character written by brush

筆癖

ふでくせ

habits of handwriting

筆法

ひっぽう

style of penmanship

筆鋒

ひっぽう

power of the pen

筆墨

ひつぼく

stationery

筆毛

ひつもう

pinfeather

筆毛動脈

ひつもうどうみゃく

penicilliary artery

筆問筆答

ひつもんひっとう

question and answer in writing

筆立て

ふでたて

pen or brush stand

筆力

ひつりょく

strength of the brush stroke

筆録

ひつろく

written record

筆旁

ふでづくり

kanji "brush" radical

筆誅

ひっちゅう

written denunciation

舞文曲筆

ぶぶんきょくひつ

twisting of the truth in one's writing

分筆

ぶんぴつ

subdivision of a lot

文筆家

ぶんぴつか

writer

文筆業

ぶんぴつぎょう

literary profession

平筆

ひらふで

flat brush

補筆

ほひつ

retouch

墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよ

すみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよ

grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously

末筆

まっぴつ

part of end phrase in a letter

末筆ながら

まっぴつながら

last but not least