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瓢

gourd
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingヒョウ
Kun readingひさご、ふくべ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. gourdRtK
    瓢箪から駒って言うのかな、知人の紹介で就職決まっちゃったんだよ。I just got a great job because of an introduction from a friend. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.tatoeba
    紙本墨画淡彩瓢鮎図Monochrome ink painting on paper Hyonen-zu (A Man Catching Catfish with a Gourd)wiki

Radicals and components

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Components
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Compound words

乾瓢かんぴょう
strips of dried gourd
干瓢かんぴょう
strips of dried gourd
瓢箪ひょうたん
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
瓢虫てんとうむし
ladybug
瓢簞ひょうたん
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
青瓢箪あおびょうたん
green calabash
瓢箪鯰ひょうたんなまず
(person) slippery as an eel
七星瓢虫ナナホシテントウ
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
千成瓢箪せんなりびょうたん
bottle gourd
千生瓢箪せんなりびょうたん
bottle gourd
簞食瓢飲たんしひょういん
simple food and drink
瓢簞から駒ひょうたんからこま
something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect
せんなり瓢箪せんなりびょうたん
bottle gourd
二十八星瓢虫にじゅうやほしてんとう
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
一簞の食一瓢の飲いったんのしいっぴょうのいん
simple food and drink

Additional Examples

号は松雲・瓢水子・羊岐斎。
His go (official title) was Shoun (Pine Cloud), Hyosuishi, and Yokisai.wiki

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

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