Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N1

1928 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo

Kunyomi: ふえ

Onyomi: テキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

(きてき)   steam whistle

(けいてき)   horn, alarm, whistle, foghorn

隊(こてきたい)   drum and fife band

(ふえ)   flute, pipe, whistle

(よこぶえ)   flute, fife

(くさぶえ)   reed pipe

(くちぶえ)   whistle (with one's lips) [n.]

Onyomi Examples

テキシ dizi, Chinese bamboo transverse flute

ケイテキ horn, alarm, whistle, foghorn

ヨコブエ transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

Kunyomi Examples

ふえ flute, fife, pipe, recorder, flageolet, shakuhachi, clarinet, whistle

吹き ふえふき flute player, flutist, flautist, piper

さぎふえ longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax), common bellowsfish, snipe-fish, snipefish, spine trumpet fish, trumpetfish

笙の しょうのふえ shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)