Kiokun Logo
笛
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

flute

HSK 7 N1
Objects →Tools →Containers
dí
テキ
ふえ
적
A bamboo ⺮ flute 由
Components
⺮ "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)+ 由 wherefore =
笛 flute
⺮ Meaning component
zhú
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
由 Meaning component
yóu wherefore
cause, reason
Notes
Similar Characters
竺 India筑 short name for (simp)筮 divination with stalks竽 ancient竿 pole笄 Fifteen-Year-Old Hairpin笆 bamboo fence笈 bamboo box used笊 bamboo笋 bamboo (simp)笏 tablet held by笔 writing utensil (simp)笕 bamboo (simp)笙 small gourd-shaped musical笞 bamboo rod used笠 bamboo hat笤 a broom笥 a hamper符 symbol笨 stupid
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
笛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
笛 [dí]
flute
Japanese
笛 ふえ 、 ちゃく (old) 同音

noun

  1. flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet
  2. whistle
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ゲームの開始には笛が吹かれる。
A whistle is blown at the start of a game.
Japanese Names
笛 ふえ
Fue female given namesurname
笛 もにか
Monika female given name
CHINESE WORDS (25)
笛子 [dí​zi] #19,415
bamboo flute
警笛 [jǐng​dí] #15,440
siren
汽笛 [qì​dí] #19,891
steam whistle
鸣笛 [míng​dí] #24,162
to hoot
鸣笛 [míng​dí] #24,162
to hoot
长笛 [cháng​dí] #19,385
(Western) concert flute
长笛 [cháng​dí] #19,385
(Western) concert flute
风笛 [fēng​dí] #21,800
bagpipes
风笛 [fēng​dí] #21,800
bagpipes
笛卡尔 [Dí​kǎ​'ěr] #48,118
René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher
15 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (59)
⭐ 口笛 [くちぶえ] #16,121
whistle (sound made with the lips)
口笛を吹く [くちぶえをふく] #17,070
to whistle
⭐ 汽笛 [きてき] #25,505
steam whistle
⭐ 警笛 [けいてき] #28,105
horn
喉笛 [のどぶえ] #28,323
windpipe
指笛 [ゆびぶえ] #40,707
whistling through one's fingers
角笛 [つのぶえ] #43,935
horn (instrument; made of animal horn)
横笛 [よこぶえ] #57,067
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
笛吹き [ふえふき] #66,799
flute player
縦笛 [たてぶえ] #68,818
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
49 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
경적 #29,461
horn; honk
고적대
musical band