霧笛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
霧	笛
む Grade: S	てき Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
霧	笛
きり Grade: S	ふえ > ぶえ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Calque of English foghorn

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むてき [mùtékí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟te̞kʲi]

(Tokyo) きりぶえ [kìríbúꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) きりぶえ [kìríbúéꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɾʲibɯ̟e̞]

Noun

霧(む)笛(てき) or 霧(きり)笛(ぶえ) • (muteki or kiribue)

foghorn

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“霧笛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025