鼻笛

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鼻笛, read はなぶえ, combines 鼻, nose, and 笛, flute, to name a flute blown with the nose.
• Basic usage: It is used when learning to play the instrument at a music store or describing its sound filling a room.
  • 音楽店で珍しい鼻笛の吹き方を教わった。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The reading of flute in a compound
  • The independent word 笛 is read ふえ, but within 鼻笛 its reading becomes ぶえ.