瓜

See also: 爪

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

瓜 (radical 97 瓜+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹女戈人 (HVIO), four-corner 7223₀)

1. melon, gourd, cucumber
2. rad. 97

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/瓜
• 弧 狐 孤 蛌 瓣

References

• KangXi: page 746, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21371
• Dae Jaweon: page 1154, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2654, character 1
• Unihan data for U+74DC

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guā (gua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kwa
• Min Nan (POJ): koe / kua

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: kua¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kwa
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kwa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe / kua
    • Tâi-lô: kue / kua
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴/, /kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue³⁴/, /kua³⁴/
  • Note: kue - vernacular, kua - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (瓜, reconstructed)
Character (瓜), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古華切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣua/	/kwa/	/kua/	/kʷɯa/	/kwaɨ/	/kwa/	/kua/

Old Chinese pronunciation (瓜, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
瓜								guā								‹ kwæ ›								/*kʷˤra/								melon, gourd
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
瓜					4340					瓜					魚					0					瓜					/*kʷraː/

Compounds

• 西瓜
• 瓜蒂
• 瓜分
• 瓜李之嫌
• 瓜连
• 瓜纽, 瓜纽儿
• 瓜农
• 瓜皮帽, 瓜皮帽儿
• 瓜剖豆分
• 瓜仁, 瓜仁儿
• 瓜熟蒂落
• 瓜藤
• 瓜田李下
• 瓜条
• 瓜蔓
• 瓜子, 瓜子儿
• 瓜子脸
• 佛手瓜
• 南瓜

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

瓜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: か (ka)
• Kun: うり (uri)

Compounds

• 胡瓜 (きゅうり, ​kyūri): cucumber
• 西瓜 (すいか, ​suika): watermelon
• 南瓜 (かぼちゃ, ​kabocha): a Japanese pumpkin

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Kikai

Kanji

瓜 (hiragana うい, romaji ui)

Noun

瓜 (hiragana うい, romaji ui)

1. gourd

Compounds

• 胡瓜 (きうい, kiui): cucumber

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Korean

Hanja

瓜 (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瓜 (qua, dưa)

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Yoron

Kanji

瓜 (hiragana うい, romaji ui)

Noun

瓜 (hiragana うい, romaji ui)

1. cucumber, gourd