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Radical 129a writing brush; to write

(fourth tone, falling)

a writing brush; to write

Radical 1296 strokes0 characters

Where the shape comes from

A hand gripping a brush, the bristles at the base and the fingers closed around the shaft above. Add a bamboo shaft on top and it becomes 笔, a writing brush, a pen; drawn making lines around the boundary of a field, it gives 画, to draw, a painting; and it sits, worn down to a single stroke, inside 书, a book, to write.

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