笛 – flute, clarinet, pipe

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The kanji 笛 means flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テキ (teki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふえ (fue). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テキ	teki
Kun’yomi	ふえ	fue

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: ｜・竹・日・田・乞.

Words using 笛

笛ふえflute

Example sentences

ゲームの開始には笛が吹かれる。

A whistle is blown at the start of a game.

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Kanji with the same radical

第策算答管竹筋等築籍笑節簡範筆箱

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