自筆|じひつjihitsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveone's own handwriting; autograph; holograph

• Synonym直筆じきひつNeutralWritten by the person's own hand, stressing that it comes from them, as in 「直筆サイン」. Interchangeable with 「自筆」, though 「直筆」 is the usual choice for signatures.
• Synonym肉筆にくひつWrittenWritten/formal prose: works written or drawn by hand, often contrasted with printed matter, as in 「肉筆画」; used mainly for calligraphy and paintings.
• Antonym代筆だいひつNeutralThe opposite: writing on someone else's behalf, in contrast to 「自筆」, which is written by the person's own hand.
• Antonym印刷いんさつNeutralThe opposite: printing by machine, in contrast to 「自筆」, which is handwritten.

Use 「自筆」 for something written by the person's own hand, as in 「自筆証書遺言」. Signatures and handwriting are often called 「直筆」, genuine calligraphy and paintings 「肉筆」, and writing for someone else 「代筆」.

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1. 自分自身じぶんじしんで書かくこと。また、その書かいたもの。自書じしょ。