Kanji N1

笛: flute, clarinet, pipe

笛 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning flute, clarinet, pipe, written with 11 strokes. It is read テキ (on) and ふえ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 笛 (ふえ, flute) and 汽笛 (きてき, steam whistle).

笛

Meanings

  • flute
  • clarinet
  • pipe
  • whistle
  • bagpipe
  • piccolo
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1928 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テキ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ふえ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 11. Start at the dot.

Common words with 笛

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 笛ふえ

    flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet

    JLPT N3
  • 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; whistle; foghorn

  • 草笛くさぶえ

    reed pipe

  • 笛吹きふえふき

    flute player; flutist; flautist; piper

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.