横笛

See also: 橫笛

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 横笛 – see 橫笛 (“dizi; transverse flute; yokobue”). (This term is the simplified form of 橫笛).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
横	笛
よこ Grade: 3	ふえ > ぶえ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
橫笛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 横 (yoko, “sideways; horizontal”) +‎ 笛 (fue, “flute”). The fue changes to bue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Compare 縦笛 (tatebue), which refers to an end-blown flute held vertically.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よこぶえ [yòkóbúé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) よこぶ​え [yòkóbúꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞bɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

横(よこ)笛(ぶえ) • (yokobue) 

1. a transverse flute
2. (specifically) a kind of bamboo transverse flute used to play traditional Japanese court music