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21 口笛 Whistling

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Meaning

Primary

Whistling

Explanation

A mouth flute... Normal flutes you blow air through to make a sound. How do you blow air through your mouth to make a sound? By whistling.

Reading

くちぶえ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the kun'yomi readings put together. Thank 口 for being a body part, which tends to cause this to happen. So, you have 口 (くち) and 笛 (ふえ) put together, though ふえ changes to ぶえ, maybe because you can't whistle properly? Buuuweeee. Buwwweee.

Context

Context Sentences

口笛が下手くそなので、私が口笛を吹いても犬が来てくれません。

My dog doesn’t come to my whistle because I’m bad at whistling.

Kanji Composition

  • 口
    • こう
    • Mouth
  • 笛
    • てき
    • Flute
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