椽筆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Hyōgaiji
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 椽筆.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞mpʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(てん)(ぴつ) • (tenpitsu) 

  1. (literary) writing brush
    • 1915, “第貳編 オレゴン州”, in 在米の闘士, page 76:
      ()(べい)()(あさい)(しん)(ぶん)()(しゃ)として(てん)(ぴつ)を [(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

  • (てん)(だい)(ふで) (tendai no fude)
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