Chinese Character Wiki

匏

páo

gourd

Components
夸 meaning component

夸  Meaning component

kuā

  

see 夸克[kuā​kè]

extravagant

包 sound component

包  Sound component

bāo

  

wrap

Evolution

匏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

匏  

páo

gourd; musical instrument; bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤru

baew

páo

gourd


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5454th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+530F

Shuowen

“匏，瓠也。从包，从夸聲。包，取其可包藏物也。”


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