Kanji 笛 Words: Meanings and Readings

笛

ちゃく

whistle

汽笛

きてき

steam whistle

口ぶえ

くちぶえ

whistle (sound made with the lips)

警笛

けいてき

horn

笛吹

ふえふき

flute player

草笛

くさぶえ

reed pipe

のど笛

のどぶえ

windpipe

ハーメルンの笛吹き男

ハーメルンのふえふきおとこ

the Pied Piper of Hamelin

磯笛

いそぶえ

sea whistle

浦内笛鯛

うらうちふえだい

Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)

横条笛鯛

よこすじふえだい

spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)

横笛

おうじゃく

transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

角笛

つのぶえ

horn (instrument; made of animal horn)

響笛

きょうてき

vibrating pipe

銀笛

ぎんてき

tin whistle

犬笛

いぬぶえ

dog whistle

胡麻笛鯛

ごまふえだい

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

虎落笛

もがりぶえ

winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

鼓笛

こてき

drum and fife

鼓笛隊

こてきたい

drum and fife band

口琴

びやぼん

Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

口笛を吹く

くちぶえをふく

to whistle

号笛

ごうてき

siren

狛笛

こまぶえ

Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)

鷺笛

さぎふえ

longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax)

四條笛鯛

よすじふえだい

bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)

指笛

ゆびぶえ

whistling through one's fingers

糸引笛鯛

いとひきふえだい

chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)

篠笛

しのぶえ

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

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

神楽笛

かぐらぶえ

kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)

清笛

しんてき

bamboo flute used in Qing music

石笛鯛

いしふえだい

small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)

太笛

ふとぶえ

kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)

竪笛

たてぶえ

end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)

竹笛

たけぶえ

flute constructed of bamboo

調子笛

ちょうしぶえ

pitch pipe

笛座

ふえざ

flute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left

笛子

てきし

dizi

笛小千鳥

ふえこちどり

piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

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

笛吹鯛

ふえふきだい

Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)

笛鯛

ふえだい

star snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)

笛竹

ふえたけ

bamboo flute

笛柱

ふえばしら

upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

笛奴鯛

ふえやっこだい

longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific)

麦笛

むぎぶえ

wheat-straw whistle

鳩笛

はとぶえ

pigeon-shaped whistle

浜笛吹

はまふえふき

spangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)

風笛

ふうてき

bagpipe

牧笛

ぼくてき

shepherds pipe

魔笛

まてき

The Magic Flute (opera by Mozart)

霧笛

むてき

foghorn

竜笛

りゅうてき

dragon flute

笳

あしぶえ

reed pipe

笙の笛

しょうのふえ

shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

簫の笛

しょうのふえ

xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)

薔薇笛鯛

ばらふえだい

two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)

雉笛

きじぶえ

flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)