Entry
  1. Noun

    flute player; flutist; flautist; piper

    笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。
    He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Also written 笛吹【ふえふき】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo

Kun
ふえ
On
テキ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1928 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-6-5SKIP code
6f5.6The Kanji Dictionary
8860.3Four corner code
2376deroo
7b1bUnicode hex code
1-37-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3382Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4268New Nelson (John Haig)
2664New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3303Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1710Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2323Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1111Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1192Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1692A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1471Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1306Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25917Morohashi
1624A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1471Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1568Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1602Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
373henshall3
382Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1681Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1474Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1120Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
di2Pinyin reading
jeogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke

Kun
ふ.く
On
スイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1133 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Used in names as

ふき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3d4.3The Kanji Dictionary
6708.2Four corner code
3762deroo
5439Unicode hex code
1-31-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
901Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
747New Nelson (John Haig)
231New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
272Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
170Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
204Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
467Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
506Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
973A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
370Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1095Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3373Morohashi
1452A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1255Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1326Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1106Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
259Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
300Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
478Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chui1, chui4Pinyin reading
chwiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level