笛

flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

テキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ふえ

Nanori (名乗り)

う

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1928

Vocabulary

テキ

Word	Reading	Meaning
汽笛	キテキ	steam whistle
警笛	ケイテキ	horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
蘆笛	ロテキ	reed pipe; reed flute
横笛	オウテキ	transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
響笛	キョウテキ	vibrating pipe

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
口笛	くちぶえ	whistle (sound made with the lips)
笛	ふえ	flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet; whistle
笛	ちゃく	flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet; whistle
草笛	くさぶえ	reed pipe
笛吹き	ふえふき	flute player; flutist; flautist; piper

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