笛 dí bamboo flute
bamboo flute; whistle
How to remember 笛: 𥫗 bamboo + 由 because = bamboo flute. Grandpa carves a piece of bamboo for his grandson, because the boy has begged all summer for a bamboo flute.
Component breakdown
笛 = 𥫗 bamboo + 由 because
- 𥫗 bamboo
- 由 because
Grandpa carves a piece of bamboo for his grandson, because the boy has begged all summer for a bamboo flute.
How it is used
- A flute, and a whistle - 笛子 (dízi) the Chinese bamboo flute, 长笛 (chángdí) the Western flute, 汽笛 (qìdí) a steam whistle/siren, 警笛 (jǐngdí) a police siren. Concrete noun.