1 signal

1 to forget

1 diary

2 classifier: 则 zé

3 classifier: 本 běn

4 classifier: 篇 piān

1 pen

2 pencil

3 writing brush

4 to write or compose

5 the strokes of Chinese characters

6 classifier for sums of money, deals

7 classifier: 支 zhī

8 classifier: 枝 zhī

1 roar

2 cry

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)

2 fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly

1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)

2 to denounce by word and pen

1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

1 to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)

2 to join the military (esp. of educated person)