ふえ
Meanings
Noun
1. flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet
2. whistle
Kanji used
flute
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
flute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left
longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax); common bellowsfish; snipe-fish; snipefish; spine trumpet fish; trumpetfish
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
bamboo flute; bamboo for making flutes; wind and string instruments
xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
Examples (3 in total)
When the whistle blows, the race will start.
The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.