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| 笔 bĭ |
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| Explanation: pen |
| 毛笔 writing brush 笔名 pen name |
古时的“笔”（ ）是由手（ ）和笔杆（ ）组成，你看它像不像一只拿着笔的手呢？古时的“笔”是用“竹”和“毛”制成的，这就是“毛笔”了。
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This was originally an ideogram. In the oracle bones, the upper right part of the character is a hand （ ）, and the left side in the shape of a pen （ ）represents the body of the pen. The character underwent numerous changes. In regular script it has lost most of its resemblance to a pen, but interestingly, in simplified Chinese, is written as 笔, a combination of 竹 “bamboo” and 毛 “hair” which is exactly what a Chinese pen was made of.
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