笛
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flute
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 竹 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 笛
- Common rank
- #2,489
- Unicode
- U+7B1B
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
flute · Heisig RSH #2172
竹 bamboo + sprout
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 笛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笛卡儿坐标系 | (math.) Cartesian coordinate system | |
| 笛卡儿 | René Descartes (1596–1650), French philosopher, mathematician and scientist | |
| 笛卡尔 | René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher | |
| 笛沙格 | Girard Desargues (1591–1661), French geometer | |
| 笛子 | bamboo flute; CL:管[guan3] | |
| 长笛 | (Western) concert flute | |
| 风笛 | bagpipes | |
| 木笛 | recorder (musical instrument) (Tw) | |
| 直笛 | (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) | |
| 短笛 | piccolo | |
| 警笛 | siren | |
| 迷笛 | Beijing Midi School of Music, est. 1993 (abbr. for 北京迷笛音樂學校|北京迷笛音乐学校[Bei3 jing1 Mi2 di2 Yi… | |
| 笛膜 | membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone | |
| 鸣笛 | to hoot; to whistle | |
| 汽笛 | steam whistle; ship horn | |
| 陶笛 | ocarina (musical instrument) | |
| 哨笛 | a whistle | |
| 竖笛 | recorder (musical instrument); (Tw) clarinet | |
| 羌笛 | Qiang flute |