椽筆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
椽 筆
てん
Hyōgai 		ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 椽筆.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞mpʲit͡sɨ]

Noun

椽(てん)筆(ぴつ) • (tenpitsu) 

  1. (literary) writing brush
    • 1915, “第貳編　オレゴン州”, in 在米の闘士, page 76:
      渡(と)米(べい)後(ご)旭(あさい)新(しん)聞(ぶん)記(き)者(しゃ)として椽(てん)筆(ぴつ)を [振(ふる)ふ]
      tobei-go Asahi Shinbun kisha to shite tenpitsu o [furuu]
      write (wield a pen) as a reporter for The Asahi Shimbun

Synonyms

  • 椽(てん)大(だい)の筆(ふで) (tendai no fude)
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