笛 — kanji meaning “flute”
笛
flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
- Meanings
- flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
- On'yomi
- テキ (teki)
- Kun'yomi
- ふえ
- Name readings
- う
- 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口笛 | くちぶえ kuchibue | whistle (sound made with the lips) |
| 汽笛 | きてき kiteki | steam whistle |
| 警笛 | けいてき keiteki | horn; alarm; whistle |
| 草笛 | くさぶえ kusabue | reed pipe |
| 角笛 | つのぶえ tsunobue | horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn |
| 篠笛 | しのぶえ shinobue | Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes) |
| 横笛 | よこぶえ yokobue | transverse flute (e.g. a fife) |
| 鼓笛隊 | こてきたい kotekitai | drum and fife band |
| 鼓笛 | こてき koteki | drum and fife |
| 霧笛 | むてき muteki | foghorn |
| 喉笛 | のどぶえ nodobue | windpipe |
| 葦笛 | あしぶえ ashibue | reed pipe; reed flute |
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