Keyword
writing brush
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1014
Readings
ふで
(33%)
ひっ
(25%)
ひつ
(22%)
ぴつ
(18%)
Composed of
bamboo
brush
Used in vocabulary (250 in total)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
(wooden) pencil
Examples (151 in total)
That's at the top of the list of things everyone longs for but can't reach.
Frankly, it's probably at the top of the list of skills that are useless on a battlefield.
He was the chief of the lord's retainers.