开笔

Traditional form:

開筆

Pinyin (reading):

kāibǐ

Definitions:

• to start learning as a poet
• to write one's first (poem, essay etc)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 笔 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 筆 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke