noun

  1. making a living copying or writing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
筆耕 ひっこう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

writing brush, writing, painting brush
ヒツ ふで はじめ (3rd, N2)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
brush, finally, self
イチ イツ ふで (Kentei 1)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
till, plow, cultivate
コウ たがや.す こお (5th, N2)
come, plough, three-branch tree radical (no. 127)
ライ ルイ き (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ いま.だ ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
well, well crib, town
い ショウ セイ (7th, N1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)