also: よしぶえ · ろてき
noun
reed pipe; reed flute
A simple wind instrument made from a reed or hollow plant stem, often associated with pastoral or traditional settings.
彼は川辺で葦笛を吹いた。
He played a reed pipe by the riverside.
葦笛の素朴な音色が好きだ。
I like the simple tone of the reed flute.
Variant using the simplified character 芦; also readable as ろてき.
Sino-Japanese reading ろてき; rare and literary.
Traditional character form; rare in modern usage.
Sino-Japanese reading with traditional character; very rare.
Single-character form; archaic and rarely used.
Search-only form using the reading よしぶえ with mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Compound of 葦 (ashi, 'reed') and 笛 (fue, 'flute'). The reading よしぶえ uses the alternative reading よし for 葦. The Sino-Japanese reading ろてき is rare and literary.