VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

ペン

ペン
hepburn pen

pen

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

no decomposition available

Examples

  1. ペンで書きます。
    I write with a pen.
  2. 赤いペンはありますか。
    Do you have a red pen?

Collocations

ペン (pen, pen)ボールペン (booru-pen, ballpoint)万年筆 (mannenhitsu, fountain)サインペン (felt-tip)蛍光ペン (keikou-pen, highlighter)

Mnemonic

Pen (ペン) is "pen" — B + no-cluster Western loanword (English pen → katakana ペン). Derivatives: (1) booru-pen (ballpoint); (2) mannenhitsu (fountain pen — kanji form); (3) sain-pen (sign-pen / felt-tip / marker); (4) keikou-pen (fluorescent / highlighter). Kanji fude = brush (traditional / shodou) pairs. Korean pen / but split and Chinese bi / gangbi / maobi split parallel.

Quick check

  1. Mannenhitsu?

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