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笛 — Chinese character

笛
dí
bamboo flute; whistle

Pinyin
dí
Radical
118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
Strokes
11
Components
由
Formation
ideographic — A bamboo ⺮ flute 由
Japanese
笛 as a kanji

Common words with 笛

WordPinyinMeaning
笛子dí zibamboo flute; measure word: 管 (guǎn)
长笛 (長笛)cháng dí(Western) concert flute
鸣笛 (鳴笛)míng díto hoot; to whistle
风笛 (風笛)fēng díbagpipes
汽笛qì dísteam whistle; ship horn
警笛jǐng dísiren
短笛duǎn dípiccolo
竖笛 (豎笛)shù dírecorder (musical instrument); (Tw) clarinet
陶笛táo díocarina (musical instrument)
直笛zhí dí(Tw) recorder (musical instrument)
笛膜dí mómembrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone
哨笛shào día whistle

English words written with 笛

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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