bamboo flute
A flute made of bamboo. The word can refer to traditional Japanese bamboo flutes such as the shakuhachi or shinobue, but is not limited to a specific type.
He began to play the bamboo flute quietly.
bamboo for making flutes
Refers to bamboo material suitable for crafting flutes. This sense is less common in everyday conversation and may appear in contexts of traditional instrument making.
A rare, literary or archaic usage referring collectively to wind and string instruments. In modern Japanese, this meaning is usually expressed by other terms such as 管弦.
He went into the mountains to look for good bamboo for making flutes.
In old texts, 笛竹 sometimes refers to wind and string instruments in general.
Compound of 笛 (fue, 'flute') and 竹 (take, 'bamboo'). The reading ふえたけ is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi readings of the two kanji.