笛
flute; clarinet; pipe; whistle; bagpipe; piccolo
11 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1928.
Readings
- ふえ (kun reading): 笛 (ふえ) flute; 口笛 (くちぶえ) whistle (sound made with the lips)
- テキ (on reading): 汽笛 (きてき) steam whistle; 魔笛 (まてき) magic flute
Components
- 竹
- 由
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 乞 radical beg
- 日 radical sun; day
- 田 radical rice field
- 竹 radical bamboo
Words using 笛
- 笛 (ふえ) flute
- 口笛 (くちぶえ) whistle (sound made with the lips)
- 角笛 (つのぶえ) horn (instrument; made of animal horn)
- 横笛 (よこぶえ) transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
- 篠笛 (しのぶえ) Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
- 汽笛 (きてき) steam whistle
- 魔笛 (まてき) magic flute
- 警笛 (けいてき) horn
- 鼓笛隊 (こてきたい) drum and fife band
- 龍笛 (りゅうてき) dragon flute
- 琵琶笛 (びやぼん) Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
49 words in all.