Amazing Chinese Characters (414) Writing Brush - 聿

 The shell bone script for character Writing Brush is

The top right is a hand, the rest is a writing brush. The original meaning of the character is Holding a brush. 

The bronze script of the character is

Similar to the shell bone script.

The small seal script of the character is

The top  reverse E is a hand, the rest is the brush.

The clerical script of the character is

The top is similar to small seal script, the bent big curve becomes a horizontal line. 

The song typeface of the character is

聿 

Same as clerical script.

Its Pinyin is Yu4.

聿 is not a popular character right now, most people may have never used it. However, it is a very important part of a lot of characters, especially traditional characters, such as Write - 書 (Post 54)， Brush - 筆 (Post 134),  Draw - 畫 (Post 278), and more. So it is very helpful for us to understand the character.