瓜 — kanji meaning “melon”
瓜
melon
- Meanings
- melon
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)、ケ (ke)
- Kun'yomi
- うり
- Name readings
- う
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2459 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 97
- Chinese reading
- guā — Chinese character page
Words with 瓜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南瓜 | かぼちゃ kabocha | pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash |
| 西瓜 | すいか suika | watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) |
| 胡瓜 | きゅうり kyuuri | cucumber (Cucumis sativus) |
| 冬瓜 | とうがん tougan | wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd |
| 木瓜 | ぼけ boke | Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince |
| 木瓜 | もっこう mokkou | family crest based on a japonica flower |
| 破瓜 | はか haka | age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; puberty |
| 瓜田 | かでん kaden | melon field; melon patch |
| 苦瓜 | にがうり nigauri | bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd |
| 糸瓜 | へちま hechima | sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; Vietnamese luffa |
| 烏瓜 | からすうり karasuuri | Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa) |
| 厄瓜多 | エクアドル ekuadoru | Ecuador |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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