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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筆* | 筆* | *筆
pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: ,
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盆* | 盆* | *盆
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 and 8 , approx 128 liters / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噴* | 噴* | *噴
to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
HSK 5
fountain pen / CL:
HSK 5
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
HSK 7-9
(formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting / pen; calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money)
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
(Tw, HK) ballpoint pen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
to confine / to lock up / to pen in
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翰* | 翰* | *翰
writing brush / writing / pen
Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬, Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer
the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噴* | 噴* | *噴
(of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)
Pike or Peck (name) / Parker Pen Company
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棧* | 棧* | *棧
a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack
pen container; brush pot
belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)
false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名 and katakana 片假名
nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
pen pal
to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write
pen and ink / words / writing
pen name / pseudonym
PEN (association of writers)
pencil lead; pen refill
the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
to put pen to paper
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword
to put pen to paper
fountain pen
cattle pen
pen / an effective writer
the shaft of a pen or writing brush / (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆 and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆)
poison pen letter (Tw)
lit. divine pen / fig. outstanding writing
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen
light pen
a slip of a pen / CL: 處|处
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword
pencil lead / refill (for a ball-point pen)
to hold the pen / to do the actual writing
enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
book / written composition / (literary) penned words
pen rack / pen-holder
to wield the pen / to write
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摛* | 摛* | *摛
to spread (fame) / wield (pen)
poison pen letter
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柙* | 柙* | *柙
cage / pen / scabbard
blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湓* | 湓* | *湓
flowing of water / name of a river
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牿* | 牿* | *牿
shed or pen for cattle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歕* | 歕* | *歕
old variant of 噴|喷
my clumsy writing (humble expr.) / my humble pen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *溷* | 溷* | *溷
privy / animal pen / muddy / disordered / to disturb
Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠 novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article)
(seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
pen for animals / animal barn or stable
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阹* | 阹* | *阹
a pen / to surround
stylus pen
to dip the pen into ink / to write
Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫 (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健
quill pen
OHBA Tsugumi (pen-name), author of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记
erasable pen
(permanent) marker (pen)
Independent Chinese PEN center
sheep or goat pen
Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution / wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨
rollerball pen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呠* | 呠* | *呠
to spurt / to blow out / to puff out / to snort
International PEN
to take up one's pen / to start to write
pen / animal yard
highlighter (pen)
pen for livestock
a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
Ma Nancun (1912-1966), pen name of Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓
quill pen
marker pen (loanword)
pen name of Deng Xiaoping during his 1992 southern tour


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