The kanji 笛: meaning, readings and stroke order

笛

Meaning: flute, whistle
On reading: テキ teki
Kun reading: ふえ fue
Strokes: 11
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cây sáo, còi (địch)
Japanese: ふえ。
Korean: 피리, 호루라기 (적)
Chinese: 笛子、哨子

Readings, words and example sentences

テキ teki · on reading

汽き笛てき
ship's horn, steam whistle
港で船の 汽き笛てきが聞こえます。
At the harbor, I can hear a ship's horn.

ふえ fue · kun reading

笛ふえ
recorder, flute
音楽の時間に 笛ふえをふきます。
We play the recorder in music class.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.