龍笛
Japanese
Kanji in this term
龍
笛
りゅう
Jinmeiyō
てき
Grade: 3
goon
kan'on
Alternative spelling
竜笛
Etymology
Compound of
龍
(
りゅう
)
(
ryū
,
“
dragon
”
)
+
笛
(
てき
)
(
teki
,
“
flute
”
)
Noun
龍
(
りゅう
)
笛
(
てき
)
• (
ryūteki
)
(
music
)
a dragon flute, a 40cm seven-holed transverse bamboo flute used in
gagaku
Hypernym:
横笛
(
yokobue
)
See also
高麗笛
(
こまぶえ
)
(
komabue
)
神楽笛
(
かぐらぶえ
)
(
kagurabue
)