The earliest form of the character "笔" resembled a hand writing with a brush. Later, people added the character "竹" (bamboo) on the top of it, because the holder of the writing brush was made of bamboo. Thus it evolved into its modern form of "笔".
字义:
pen
组词:
毛笔(máobǐ):writing brush
笔记(bǐjì):note
粉笔(fěnbǐ):chalk
铅笔(qiānbǐ):pencil
钢笔(gāngbǐ):pen
笔筒(bǐtǒng):pen container
例句:
1、今天上课我记了很多笔记。 Jīntiān shàngkè wǒ jì le hěnduō bǐjì. I took a lot of notes on class today.
2、可以借我一支钢笔吗? Kěyǐ jiè wǒ yìzhī gāngbǐ ma? Can I borrow your pen please?
3、我刚买了一个笔筒。 Wǒ gāng mǎi le yígè bǐtǒng. I just bought a pen container.