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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筆* | 筆* | *筆
writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:,) / 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)
HSK 2
phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *々* | 々* | *々
iteration mark indicating repetition of the preceding character in horizontal writing (rare in modern Chinese)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *〻* | 〻* | *〻
iteration mark indicating repetition of the preceding character in vertical writing (rare in modern Chinese)
Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文
lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method
stroke order (when writing Chinese character)
Classical Chinese writing
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan) / Bopomofo / abbr. to 注音一式
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *札* | 札* | *札
thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character


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