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Kanji Detail for 笛 - "whistle, pipe"

笛

  • Meaning

    笛 means "whistle, pipe." Also associated with wind instrument.

    1. Flute - A wind instrument made of bamboo.

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

    3. Pipe - A tubular wind instrument.

  • Words using 笛

    • 口笛 くちぶえ Listen whistle (sound made with the lips)
    • 汽笛 きてき Listen steam whistle

  • Tattoo check: 笛

    • Verified meaning: whistle, pipe
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ふえ, もにか)
    • Also carries these associations: wind instrument

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 笛

    Given names 笛(ふえ)Listen 笛(もにか)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    teki(テキ) テキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fue(ふえ) ふえ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    whistle pipe wind instrument flute bamboo blowing breath harmony melody music notes performance reed rhythm shrill sound tune

Sentences including 笛

  • The whistle blew.

  • I heard someone whistle.

  • Mary whistled.

  • Tom whistled.

  • Tom kept whistling.

  • The policeman carries a whistle.

  • Do you know how to whistle?

  • Do you know how to whistle?

  • Mary whistled.

  • He whistled as he went along.

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