Moto 笛: Flute; Clarinet; PipeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- テキ
- Kun'yomi
- ふえ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 64 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (テキ)
- 汽笛きてきsteam whistle
- 警笛けいてきhorn; alarm
- 号笛ごうてきsiren; whistle
- 清笛しんてきbamboo flute used in Qing music
- 牧笛ぼくてきshepherds pipe
- 竜笛りゅうてきdragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku
- 笛子てきしdizi; Chinese bamboo transverse flute
- 銀笛ぎんてきflageolet
- 霧笛むてきfoghorn
- 響笛きょうてきvibrating pipe
- 風笛ふうてきbagpipe
- 魔笛まてきmagic flute; The Magic Flute (by Mozart)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 笛ふえflute; fife
- 口笛くちぶえwhistle (sound made with the lips)
- 笛吹きふえふきflute player; flutist
- 草笛くさぶえreed pipe
- のど笛のどぶえwindpipe
- 口笛を吹くくちぶえをふくto whistle
- 喉笛のどぶえwindpipe
- 四條笛鯛よすじふえだいbluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira); bluestripe seaperch
- 太笛ふとぶえkagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
- 指笛ゆびぶえwhistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
- 横条笛鯛よこすじふえだいspotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)
- 横笛よこぶえtransverse flute (e.g. a fife)
- 浦内笛鯛うらうちふえだいPapuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)
- 犬笛いぬぶえdog whistle
- 狛笛こまぶえKorean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
- 石笛鯛いしふえだいsmall-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
- 磯笛いそぶえsea whistle; sound made by a traditional diver when returning to shore
- 秋の鹿は笛に寄るあきのしかはふえによるpeople may bring about their demise for love; it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of
- 竪笛たてぶえend-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
- 竹笛たけぶえflute constructed of bamboo
- 笙の笛しょうのふえshō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
- 笛吹けども踊らずふえふけどもおどらずwe have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together
- 笛奴鯛ふえやっこだいlongnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish
- 笛小千鳥ふえこちどりpiping plover (Charadrius melodus)
- 笛座ふえざflute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left
- 笛柱ふえばしらupstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player
- 笛竹ふえたけbamboo flute
- 笛鯛ふえだいstar snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)
- 篠笛しのぶえJapanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
- 簫の笛しょうのふえxiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
- 縦笛たてぶえend-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
- 胡麻笛鯛ごまふえだいmangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus); mangrove red snapper
- 芦笛あしぶえreed pipe; reed flute
- 薔薇笛鯛ばらふえだいtwo-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
- 蘆笛あしぶえreed pipe; reed flute
- 角笛つのぶえhorn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle
- 調子笛ちょうしぶえpitch pipe
- 雉笛きじぶえflute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)
- 鷺笛さぎふえlongspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax); common bellowsfish
Other readings
- 浜笛吹はまふえふきspangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)
- 琵琶笛びやぼんEdo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
- 神楽笛かぐらぶえkagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
- 笛吹ふえふきflute player; flutist
- 笛吹鯛ふえふきだいChinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)
- 糸引笛鯛いとひきふえだいchinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)
- 葦笛あしぶえreed pipe; reed flute
- 虎落笛もがりぶえwinter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
- 高麗笛こまぶえKorean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
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