瓢 — Chinese character
瓢
piáo
a ladle made from a dried gourd
- Pinyin
- piáo
- Radical
- 97 ⽠ (Melon)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 票 瓜
- Formation
- pictophonetic — gourd; meaning component 瓜; sound component 票
- Japanese
- 瓢 as a kanji
Common words with 瓢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓢虫 (瓢蟲) | piáo chóng | ladybug; ladybird |
| 瓢泼大雨 (瓢潑大雨) | piáo pō dà yǔ | downpour (idiom) |
| 锅碗瓢盆 (鍋碗瓢盆) | guō wǎn piáo pén | kitchen utensils (literary) |
| 瓢泼 (瓢潑) | piáo pō | (of rain) pouring |
| 七星瓢虫 (七星瓢蟲) | qī xīng piáo chóng | seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) |
| 嘴瓢 | zuǐ piáo | (coll.) to get one's words mixed up; to misspeak |
| 瓢泼而下 (瓢潑而下) | piáo pō ér xià | (of rain) to fall heavily |
| 瓢羹 | piáo gēng | (dialect) spoon |
| 疏水箪瓢 (疏水簞瓢) | shū shuǐ dān piáo | little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life (idiom) |
| 秃瓢 (禿瓢) | tū piáo | bald head (colloquial) |
| 脑瓢儿 (腦瓢兒) | nǎo piáo r | top of the head; crown |
| 开瓢 (開瓢) | kāi piáo | (coll.) to crack sb's head open (often humorous) |
English words written with 瓢
瓢 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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