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笔 — writing brush; writing implement

writing brush; writing implement; brushstroke; stroke

Pinyin
bǐ
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 笔: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

笔 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 笔 in the HSK syllabus: 8

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implementHSK 2
  2. 笔记bǐjìto take down; notesHSK 3
  3. 笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook; laptop; notebookHSK 3
  4. 铅笔qiānbǐpencilHSK 3
  5. 笔试bǐshìwritten examination; paper testHSK 4
  6. 毛笔máobǐwriting brushHSK 5
  7. 钢笔gāngbǐfountain penHSK 6
  8. 笔墨bǐmòpen and ink; words; writingHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.