铅笔 qiānbǐ pencil

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Traditional: 鉛筆
Measure word: 支, 枝, 杆

Stroke order

铅笔 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

铅笔 — the Chinese character for pencil (qiānbǐ), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 铅笔 — pencil

铅 — 10 strokes
笔 — 10 strokes

Characters in 铅笔

铅 qiān — lead (chemistry)
笔 bǐ — brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我想买一个铅笔。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yí gè qiānbǐ.I want to buy a pencil.
这铅笔在哪儿？Zhè qiānbǐ zài nǎr?Where is this pencil?

Related words

铅笔 is pronounced qiānbǐ and means “pencil”.

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