筆硯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆 硯
ひつ > ひっ
Grade: 3 		けん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 筆(ひつ) (hitsu, “brush”) + 硯(けん) (ken, “inkstone”).

Noun

筆(ひっ)硯(けん) • (hikken) 

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

References

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