Kanji
Readingぶえ
Frequency27%
Used in (21 in total)
whistle (sound made with the lips)
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
dog whistle
flute constructed of bamboo
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
pigeon-shaped whistle
Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
reed pipe; reed flute
wheat-straw whistle
kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
sea whistle; sound made by a traditional diver when returning to shore
flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)
kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)