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笛 — kanji meaning “flute”

flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo

Meanings
flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
11
School grade
3
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1928 of 2,500
Classical radical
118
Chinese reading
dí — Chinese character page

Words with 笛

WordReadingMeaning
くちぶえ kuchibuewhistle (sound made with the lips)
きてき kitekisteam whistle
けいてき keitekihorn; alarm; whistle
くさぶえ kusabuereed pipe
つのぶえ tsunobuehorn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
しのぶえ shinobueJapanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
よこぶえ yokobuetransverse flute (e.g. a fife)
こてきたい kotekitaidrum and fife band
こてき kotekidrum and fife
むてき mutekifoghorn
のどぶえ nodobuewindpipe
あしぶえ ashibuereed pipe; reed flute

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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