瓜

guā ㄍㄨㄚ

    • melon gourd squash
    • a piece of gossip

      slang

Classifiers (measure words)

melon

Usually

Less often

a piece of gossip

Other words read guā

In the same tone

  • 刮 guā scrape
  • 胍 guā guanidine
  • 栝 guā Juniperus chinensis
  • 筈 guā arrow end
  • 劀 guā scrape away decayed flesh or pus

All 7 words read guā

gua with other tones

  • 挂 guà hang
  • 卦 guà divinatory diagram
  • 寡 guǎ few
  • 褂 guà gown
  • 剐 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment

All 15 words read gua in any tone

Other words read guā

In the same tone

  • 颳 guā blow
  • 胍 guā guanidine
  • 栝 guā Juniperus chinensis
  • 筈 guā arrow end
  • 劀 guā scrape away decayed flesh or pus

All 7 words read guā

gua with other tones

  • 掛 guà hang
  • 卦 guà divinatory diagram
  • 寡 guǎ few
  • 褂 guà gown
  • 剮 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment

All 15 words read gua in any tone

How 瓜 is written

    部首 radical
    瓜
    笔画 strokes
    5
    结构 structure
    独体字

    瓜 as a 部首

    瓜 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 6 under 瓜. Look a character up by the 瓜 radical

    Easy to confuse with 瓜

    Words with 瓜

    Starting with 瓜

    All 26 words starting with 瓜

    Ending with 瓜

    All 51 words ending with 瓜

    Containing 瓜

    • 厄瓜多尔 èguāduōěr Ecuador
    • 滚瓜烂熟 gǔnguālànshú fig. to know fluently
    • 安提瓜和巴布达 āntíguāhébābùdá Antigua and Barbuda
    • 安提瓜岛 āntíguādǎo Antigua
    • 强扭的瓜不甜 qiǎngniǔdeguābùtián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist)

    All 25 words containing 瓜

    Words with 瓜

    Starting with 瓜

    All 26 words starting with 瓜

    Ending with 瓜

    All 51 words ending with 瓜

    Containing 瓜

    • 厄瓜多爾 èguāduōěr Ecuador
    • 滾瓜爛熟 gǔnguālànshú fig. to know fluently
    • 安提瓜和巴布達 āntíguāhébābùdá Antigua and Barbuda
    • 安提瓜島 āntíguādǎo Antigua
    • 強扭的瓜不甜 qiǎngniǔdeguābùtián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist)

    All 25 words containing 瓜

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