Chinese symbol for “pumpkin”
南瓜
nán guā
pumpkin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pumpkin is 南瓜 (nán guā), defined as: pumpkin.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pumpkin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金瓜 | jīn guā | pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense); a mace with a brass head resembling a pumpkin |
| 倭瓜 | wō guā | (dialect) pumpkin |
| 番瓜 | fān guā | (dialect) pumpkin |
| 面瓜 | miàn guā | (dialect) pumpkin; (fig.) oaf |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 南瓜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南部 | nán bù | southern part |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 南北 | nán běi | north and south; north to south |
| 东南 (東南) | dōng nán | southeast |
| 指南 | zhǐ nán | to guide; guidebook |
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon; 颗 (kē) |
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot; fool |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pumpkin”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.