起笔

起筆
qǐbǐ
  1. (Chinese calligraphy) to start writing a stroke of a Chinese character
  2. beginning of an article
  3. first stroke of a Chinese character (in a radical index)
  4. to start writing a stroke of a Chinese character

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
2 笔 bǐ
  1. brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
  2. (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
  3. (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character
  4. (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business
  5. (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

classifiers: 支, 枝