瓜 — Chinese character
瓜
guā
melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- Pinyin
- guā
- Radical
- 97 ⽠ (Melon)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 厶
- Formation
- pictographic — Vines growing with a melon at their base
- Japanese
- 瓜 as a kanji
Common words with 瓜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon; 颗 (kē) |
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot; fool |
| 南瓜 | nán guā | pumpkin |
| 瓜分 | guā fēn | to partition; to divide up |
| 黄瓜 (黃瓜) | huáng guā | cucumber; 条 (tiáo) |
| 地瓜 | dì guā | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) |
| 瓜子 | guā zǐ | melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack |
| 苦瓜 | kǔ guā | bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) |
| 瓜葛 | guā gé | connection; association |
| 木瓜 | mù guā | papaya (Carica papaya); genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd |
| 瓜果 | guā guǒ | fruit (plural sense); melons and fruit |
English words written with 瓜
瓜 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · I Ching 1
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