椽筆

椽筆

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Literary Chinese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mpʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

椽(てん)筆(ぴつ) • (tenpitsu) 

1. (literary) writing brush
   • 1915, “第貳編　オレゴン州”, in 在米の闘士, page 76:

     渡米後旭新聞記者(とべいごあさいしんぶんきしや)として椽筆(てんぴつ)を[振(ふる)ふ]

     tobei-go Asahi Shinbun kisha to shite tenpitsu wo [furuu]

     write (wield a pen) as a reporter for the Asahi News

Synonyms

• 椽大(てんだい)の筆(ふで) (tendai no fude)