Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひつ > ひっ
Grade: 3
けん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (ひつ) (hitsu, brush) + (けん) (ken, inkstone).

Noun edit

(ひっ)(けん) (hikken

  1. (formal, literary) brush and inkstone
  2. (formal, literary) a written composition
  3. The life of a writer