Kanji
笛
N1
11 strokes
Grade 3
freq #1928
flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe
On'yomi (音読み)
テキ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ふえ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
汽笛
きてき
steam whistle
口笛
くちぶえ
whistle (sound made with the lips)
警笛
けいてき
horn; alarm
草笛
くさぶえ
reed pipe
雉笛
きじぶえ
flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)
鳩笛
はとぶえ
pigeon-shaped whistle
笛子
てきし
dizi; Chinese bamboo transverse 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
笛奴鯛
フエヤッコダイ
longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish
清笛
しんてき
bamboo flute used in Qing music
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
笛
ふえ
flute; fife
笛吹き
ふえふき
flute player; flutist
笛吹鯛
ふえふきだい
Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)
浜笛吹
はまふえふき
spangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)
鷺笛
さぎふえ
longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax); common bellowsfish
胡麻笛鯛
ごまふえだい
mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus); mangrove red snapper
浦内笛鯛
うらうちふえだい
Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)
石笛鯛
いしふえだい
small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
糸引笛鯛
いとひきふえだい
chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)
四條笛鯛
よすじふえだい
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira); bluestripe seaperch
Example sentences
笛（ふえ）が鳴（な）るとレースが始（はじ）まります。
When the whistle blows, the race will start.
審判（しんぱん）は試合（しあい）を終（お）わらせるために笛（ふえ）を吹（ふ）いた。
The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
汽笛（きてき）が鳴（な）って船（ふね）はゆっくりと港（みなと）から離（はな）れていった。
A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.
口笛（くちぶえ）はある方法（ほうほう）で息（いき）を吹（ふ）くことでできる。
A whistle involves blowing out of your mouth in a certain way.