| 笔套 | bǐ tào | the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) | 
| 笔 | bǐ | pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支,枝 | 
| 套 | tào | to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) |