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Kanji Detail for 笛 - "flute, whistle, pipe"

笛

  • Meaning

    笛 means "flute, whistle, pipe."

    1. Flute - A wind instrument made of bamboo.

    2. Whistle - A device for making a shrill sound.

    3. Pipe - A tubular wind instrument.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    flute; clarinet; pipe; whistle; bagpipe; piccolo

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bamboo flute; whistle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    flute

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bamboo flute; whistle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A musical instrument. A seven-holed pipe. Anciently written as ■. Those with three holes are Qiang flutes. All blown vertically. Also called vertical flutes. In later generations vertical flutes were called 簫. And horizontal flutes generally became called 笛.
  • Onyomitip

    teki(テキ) テキ

  • Kunyomitip

    fue(ふえ) ふえ

  • Strokestip

    11 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords
    flute whistle pipe bamboo wind instrument music sound melody tune play blow reed horn clarinet recorder fife musical artistic harmony

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