横笛

横笛

See also: 橫笛

Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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

Etymology

Compound of 横 (yoko, “sideways; horizontal”) +‎ 笛 (fue, “flute”).[1][2] 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

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) よこぶえ [yòkóbúé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) よこぶ​え [yòkóbúꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞bɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

横笛 (hiragana よこぶえ, rōmaji yokobue)

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

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN