Entry
  1. Noun

    brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship

    彼は水彩絵具を短くほぼ直角の筆使いで用いた。
    He used watercolors in short vertical brush-strokes.

Also written 筆使い【ふでづかい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting

Kun
ふで
On
ヒツ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1132 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Used in names as

はじめ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-6-6SKIP code
6f6.1The Kanji Dictionary
8850.7Four corner code
2355deroo
7b46Unicode hex code
1-41-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3397Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4288New Nelson (John Haig)
2677New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3317Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1718Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2335Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
943Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1014Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
940A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1769Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
69Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25987Morohashi
569A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
130Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
701sakade
794Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
400henshall3
410Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1481Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
952Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bi3Pinyin reading
pilKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Kun
つか.う-つか.い-づか.いつか.わすや.る
On
ケン
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
664 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 37

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-3-10SKIP code
2q10.2The Kanji Dictionary
3530.7Four corner code
1677deroo
9063Unicode hex code
1-24-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4732Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6100New Nelson (John Haig)
3152New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3908Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2015Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2717Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1773Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1910Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1180A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
895Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39052PMorohashi
1220A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1173Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1231Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1677Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1214Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
715Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1789Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian3Pinyin reading
gyeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
37WaniKani level