鉛筆

See also: 铅笔

Chinese

lead (metal)
 
pen; pencil; writing brush
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (鉛筆)
simp. (铅笔)
anagram 筆鉛笔铅

Pronunciation


鉛筆/铅笔

Noun

鉛筆

  1. pencil; lead pencil (Classifier: ; )
  2. pen made from white lead, used to correct mistakes (Classifier: )
  3. (Zhao'an Hakka and Kaohsiung Hokkien) spade; shovel

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bouyei: yianfpif
  • Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz

Japanese

鉛筆

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: S
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Calque of English lead pencil

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [èńpítsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞mpʲi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(えん)(ぴつ) • (enpitsu)  (counter )

  1. a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
えん > いん
Grade: S
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

(いん)(ぴつ) • (inpitsu) 

  1. (dialect, Ibaraki) a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鉛筆 • (yeonpil or McCune-Reischauer: yŏnp'il or Yale: yenphil) (hangeul 연필)

  1. Hanja form? of 연필 (pencil).
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