筆 paintbrush

竹 (bamboo) +

(brush/fork)

★☆☆☆☆

12 strokes

Onyomi

HITSU

Mnemonic

I take a paintbrush made out of bamboo and paint pictures of shit I saw when I took HITSU of acid. (FYI it was some wild shit)

Kunyomi

ふで	brush ★☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

鉛筆(えんぴつ)

pencil ★★★☆☆