鉛筆

See also: 铅笔

Chinese

lead (metal)
 
pen; pencil; writing brush
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (鉛筆) 鉛 筆
simp. (铅笔) 铅 笔
anagram 筆鉛/笔铅

Pronunciation


鉛筆/铅笔

Noun

鉛筆

  1. pencil; lead pencil (Classifier: 枝; 支)
  2. pen made from white lead, used to correct mistakes (Classifier: 枝)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: yianfpif
  • → Zhuang: yienzbit, yenzbiz

Japanese

鉛筆

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鉛 筆
えん
Grade: S
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Calque of English lead pencil

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) えんぴつ [èńpítsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞mpʲi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

鉛(えん)筆(ぴつ) • (enpitsu)  (counter 本)

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉛 筆
えん > いん
Grade: S
ひつ > ぴつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

鉛(いん)筆(ぴつ) • (inpitsu) 

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

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
鉛筆

Noun

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

  1. Hanja form? of 연필 (“pencil”).
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