Keyword
flute
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1192
Readings
ふえ
(30%)
ぶえ
(27%)
てき
(11%)
Composed of
bamboo
reason
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
whistle (sound made with the lips)
steam whistle
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
magic flute; The Magic Flute (by Mozart)
dog whistle
drum and fife band
siren; whistle
dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku
flute constructed of bamboo
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
drum and fife
pigeon-shaped whistle
dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku
Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
dizi; Chinese bamboo transverse flute
shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
shepherds pipe
winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
reed pipe; reed flute
kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
wheat-straw whistle
reed pipe; reed flute
longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax); common bellowsfish; snipe-fish; snipefish; spine trumpet fish; trumpetfish
we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together
Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
flute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left
star snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)
sea whistle; sound made by a traditional diver when returning to shore
reed pipe; reed flute
flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)
Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
spangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)
vibrating pipe
Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
people may bring about their demise for love; it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of; (lit.) in autumn (during mating season), deer come forth when they hear (a hunter's) whistle
xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
bamboo flute used in Qing music
upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player
bamboo flute; bamboo for making flutes; wind and string instruments
spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira); bluestripe seaperch
chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)
small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)
mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus); mangrove red snapper
two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
Examples (14 in total)
When the whistle blows, the race will start.
The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.
The policeman whistled for the car to stop.