横笛

Japanese

kanjitab

Definitions

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

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 横 (horizontal, sideways, side) + Japanese 笛 (flute).

Origin

Japanese

笛

Gloss

flute

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

笛

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

よこぎる Japanese
横 Japanese
横幅 Japanese
横波 Japanese
横雨 Japanese
笛 Japanese
篠笛 Japanese
簫の笛 Japanese
縦中横 Japanese
虎落笛 Japanese
高麗笛 Japanese
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