ペン
ペン
hepburn pen
pen
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- ペンで書きます。I write with a pen.
- 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
Mannenhitsu?