See also: 铅笔

Chinese

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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
 
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Pronunciation

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Note: êng5 bêg4 - Jieyang.
 
鉛筆/铅笔

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bouyei: yianfpif
  • Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz

Japanese

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鉛筆
 
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Etymology 1

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

Calque of English lead pencil

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えん)(ぴつ) (enpitsu (counter )

  1. a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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(いん)(ぴつ) (inpitsu

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

References

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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

  1. hanja form? of 연필 (pencil)