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笛

Flute
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingテキ
Kun readingふえ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 3Level 19

Meanings

  1. fluteRtK
  2. clarinet
  3. pipe
  4. whistle
    彼は歩きながら口笛を吹いた。He whistled as he went along.tatoeba
    彼は通りで女の子達が彼に口笛を吹いた時顔を赤らめた。He blushed when the girls whistled at him in the street.tatoeba
  5. bagpipe
  6. piccolo
  1. fife
  2. recorder
  3. flageolet

Synonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · sprout · shoot

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1192

Compound words

汽笛きてき
steam whistle
警笛けいてき
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
口笛くちぶえ
whistle (sound made with the lips)
葦笛あしぶえ
reed pipe
芦笛あしぶえ
reed pipe
横笛よこぶえ
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
角笛つのぶえ
horn (instrument; made of animal horn)
響笛きょうてき
vibrating pipe
喉笛のどぶえ
windpipe
狛笛こまぶえ
Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
篠笛しのぶえ
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
竪笛たてぶえ
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
蘆笛あしぶえ
reed pipe
あし笛あしぶえ
reed pipe
よし笛あしぶえ
reed pipe
琵琶笛びやぼん
Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
笙の笛しょうのふえ
shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
簫の笛しょうのふえ
xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
鵲笛鴉カササギフエガラス
Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
四條笛鯛よすじふえだい
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)

Additional Examples

彼は口笛を吹いて犬を呼んだ。
He whistled for his dog.tatoeba
彼は楽しそうに口笛を吹きながら運転していた。
He drove his car, whistling merrily.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Flute, whistle. 竹 (bamboo) + 由 — bamboo that sound comes out of.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 笛

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step