the shaft of a pen or writing brush; (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆[shua3 bi3 gan3] and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆[yao2 bi3 gan3])
trad. 筆桿
Also written 筆桿【bǐ gǎn】
Characters in this word
2笔
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
- bǐ
- Traditional
- 筆
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5158 of 2500
杆
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) pole; shaft
- Pinyin
- gān
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8679 of 2500