Chinese Character Wiki
瓜

guā

melon

Depicts a melon hanging from a vine.

Evolution

瓜 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
瓜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瓜 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
瓜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

瓜  

guā

melon, gourd, cucumber; rad. 97; melon; gourd; squash

Most common words with 瓜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

傻瓜

idiot

瓜

melon

西瓜

watermelon

南瓜

pumpkin

黄瓜

cucumber

Component uses

Meaning component in 6 characters (0 verified)

瓣 瓢 瓤 瓠 瓞 㼌

Sound component in 6 characters (1 verified)

孤 狐 弧 呱 胍 觚

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷˤra

kwae

guā

melon, gourd


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 29.4410% of movies

1198th most common character in movies

1827th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+74DC

Shuowen

“瓜，也。象形。”


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