1. 笔
  2. 筒

笔

Previous (莫)Next (亡)
  • 954th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
笔→
⺮毛
2Radical
笔→
⺮bamboo毛fur/hair
3Graphical
笔→
⺮㇒二乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǐ (bi3)pen • pencil • writing brush • to write or compose • the strokes of Chinese characters • classifier for sums of money, deals • CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

笔 also appears in:
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Example Words

High Frequency

笔 (筆)
笔记 (筆記)
笔记本 (筆記本)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

Medium Frequency

下笔 (下筆)
伏笔 (伏筆)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
执笔 (執筆)
妙笔生花 (妙筆生花)
提笔 (提筆)
败笔 (敗筆)
文笔 (文筆)
毛笔 (毛筆)
煞笔 (煞筆)
画笔 (畫筆)
眉笔 (眉筆)
神笔 (神筆)
笔名 (筆名)
笔尖 (筆尖)
笔架 (筆架)
笔画 (筆畫)
笔直 (筆直)
笔筒 (筆筒)
笔者 (筆者)
笔触 (筆觸)
笔试 (筆試)
笔迹 (筆跡)
笔录 (筆錄)
笔头 (筆頭)
粉笔 (粉筆)
落笔 (落筆)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
亲笔 (親筆)
铅笔 (鉛筆)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
随笔 (隨筆)
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筒

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Previous (抹)Next (棋)
  • 2084th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
筒→
⺮同
2Radical
筒→
⺮bamboo冂upside down box一one口mouth
3Graphical
筒→
⺮冂一口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tǒng (tong3)tube • cylinder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 筒 tǒng (tong3)The component 同 is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 筒 tǒng (tong3)The component 同 is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

传声筒 (傳聲筒)
手电筒 (手電筒)
话筒 (話筒)

Medium Frequency

出气筒 (出氣筒)
圆筒 (圓筒)
垃圾筒 
滚筒 (滾筒)
甜筒 
竹筒 
笔筒 (筆筒)
筒 
听筒 (聽筒)
万花筒 (萬花筒)
长筒靴 (長筒靴)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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