Entry
  1. the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush; the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread)

    trad. 筆套

Also written 筆套【bǐ tào】

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]), brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy), (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork, (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character, (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business, (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

Pinyin
Traditional
Strokes
10
Frequency
5158 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to cover, to encase, cover, sheath, to overlap, to interleave, to model after, to copy, formula, harness, loop of rope, (fig.) to fish for, to obtain slyly, classifier for sets, collections, bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names), tau (Greek letter Ττ)

Pinyin
tào
Strokes
10
Frequency
5858 of 2500