brush-written character; brush-stroke character
Refers to characters written with a brush, often in calligraphy or traditional writing. Compare 筆文字 (ふでもじ), which is a more common synonym.
See also: 筆文字
My grandfather is very skilled at brush-written characters.
I wrote the addresses on the New Year's cards in brush characters.
Compound of 筆 (ふで, 'brush') and 字 (じ, 'character'). The reading ふでじ is a straightforward combination of the two kanji readings.