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CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.(arch. introductory particle)
  2. 2.then
  3. 3.and then

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Original form of 筆/笔 (bǐ, “writing brush; pencil”).
  2. 2.sentence-initial or sentence-medial introductory particle: then; and then; thereupon
  3. 3.to scribble, scrawl, or daub in a hasty and careless way
  4. 4.a surname

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) or ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): hand (又) holding a brush (𰀁). Originally referred to 筆 (OC *prud, “writing brush”); later jiajie (假借) for 聿 (OC *b·lud, “thereupon”). Unrelated to 建, in which the hand is holding a pole.

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