ふえ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ふえ – see the following entry.
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[noun] [from 720] (music) a flute, whistle, pipe
[noun] [from 934] (anatomy, rare) a windpipe
[noun] [from early 1200s] (music) a side-blown flute, as opposed to end-blown instruments such as the 篳篥 (hichiriki)
[noun] a whistle such as that used by a referee
[noun] [from 1910] a train whistle
(This term, ふえ (fue), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ふえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふえ.)
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