noun
aerophone
Technical term in organology (musical instrument classification) for instruments where the sound is produced by vibrating air, such as flutes, trumpets, and organs.
フルートは気鳴楽器に分類される。
The flute is classified as an aerophone.
Compound of 気 (ki, 'air') + 鳴 (mei, 'sound') + 楽器 (gakki, 'musical instrument'). A modern technical coinage corresponding to the Western organological term 'aerophone'.