Trace Panda
■ radical

bǐ

pen

How it’s built

Simplified form of 筆. Depicts a utensil for writing (聿) made from bamboo (⺮).

⺮
meaning

bamboo — ⺮ is a component form of 竹.

毛
simplified

fur; hair; feather — Shorthand for the 聿 component in the traditional character 筆.

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