瓜

melon

Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingカ、ケ

Kun readingうり

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

melonRtK
私は西瓜が好きです。I love the taste of watermelon.tatoeba
私の娘はサクランボや西瓜や桃のような夏の果物が好きだ。My daughter likes summer fruits, such as cherries, watermelons and peaches.tatoeba

gourd

Radicals and components

Radical瓜melon

Components

How it's built

瓜

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

claw · vulture · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2022

Compound words

西瓜すいか

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

南瓜かぼちゃ

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

胡瓜きゅうり

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

瓜姆グアム

瓜蒂かてい

stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

糸瓜へちま

sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca)

水瓜すいか

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

甜瓜てんか

Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)

age 16 (of a girl)

Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)

氈瓜かもうり

wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)

瓜二つうりふたつ

exactly alike (in appearance)

天糸瓜へちま

sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca)

破瓜病はかびょう

隼人瓜はやとうり

chayote (Sechium edule)

厄瓜多エクアドル

淀木瓜よどぼけ

Choenomeles lagenaria

哈密瓜ハミうり

Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)

瓜田李下かでんりか

be careful not to invite the least suspicion

李下瓜田りかかでん

be careful not to invite the least suspicion

瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬうりのつるになすびはならぬ

like begets like

瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬうりのつるになすびはならぬ

like begets like

Additional Examples

あの二人は全く瓜二つだね。

Those two are exactly alike.tatoeba

あの双子は瓜二つだな。

Those twins look like two peas in a pod.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 瓜

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