筆跡・筆蹟・筆迹|ひっせきhisseki[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivehandwriting
   私はその筆跡ひっせきを判読はんどくできなかった。↗

   I couldn't make out the writing.
2. nouncalligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

• Synonym手跡しゅせきWrittenA written, formal term for handwriting; mostly refers to calligraphy works, whereas 「筆跡」 centers on identifying the features of someone's writing.
• Related手書きてがきNeutralMeans handwritten, as opposed to printed; it points to the manner of writing, not the characteristics of the handwriting itself.
• Related筆致ひっちNeutralRefers to the touch or style of one's writing, in characters or prose; it highlights style, not the identifying features of a hand.
• Related肉筆にくひつNeutralAn original written in the person's own hand, as in 「肉筆の手紙」; stresses that it was written by the person themselves.
• Related手書しゅしょNeutralSame word as 「手書き」 above, written 「手書」; means writing by one's own hand. Different spelling, identical meaning.
• Related墨跡ぼくせきWrittenA written, formal term for calligraphy done in ink, especially works by Zen monks; stresses the calligraphic value rather than identifying features.

Use 「筆跡」 for someone's handwriting and its identifying features, as in 「筆跡鑑定」. Say 「手書き」 for handwritten as opposed to printed, 「肉筆」 for something written in the person's own hand, 「墨跡」 for valued ink calligraphy, and 「筆致」 for writing style.

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1. 人ひとが書かいた文字もじの跡あと。また、その特徴とくちょう。