- 執筆【しっぴつ】 - writing, authoring 
- 筆者【ひっしゃ】 - writer, author 
- 鉛筆【えんぴつ】 - pencil 
- 随筆【ずいひつ】 - essays, miscellaneous writings, literary jottings 
- 筆記【ひっき】 - (taking) notes, copying 
- 万年筆【まんねんひつ】 - fountain pen 
- 毛筆【もうひつ】 - (writing, painting) brush 
- 文筆【ぶんぴつ】 - literary art, literary activity, writing 
- 肉筆【にくひつ】 - one's own handwriting, autograph, as written with a brush 
- 筆頭【ひっとう】 - brush tip, first on a list, head, chief 
- 筆名【ひつめい】 - alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume 
- 自筆【じひつ】 - one's own handwriting, autograph, holograph 
- 主筆【しゅひつ】 - editor-in-chief 
- 筆跡【ひっせき】 - handwriting, calligraphy specimen, example of penmanship, holograph 
- 特筆【とくひつ】 - special mention 
- 絵筆【えふで】 - paintbrush 
- 直筆【じきひつ】 - one's own handwriting, autograph 
- 筆致【ひっち】 - stroke of the brush, touch, literary style 
- 代筆【だいひつ】 - writing on someone's behalf 
- 色鉛筆【いろえんぴつ】 - colored pencil, coloured pencil