筆
ふで · fude · JLPT N3 · noun
brush
🖌️ 筆 = 竹 bamboo + 聿 hand holding a brush: a brush with a bamboo handle
Traditional writing brushes had bamboo handles, so the bamboo radical 竹 sits on top of 聿, an old character for a hand holding a brush. For the reading, fude sounds a bit like food: a calligrapher's brush is fed with ink.