瓜
melon
6 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2459.
Readings
- うり (kun reading): 瓜二つ (うりふたつ) exactly alike (in appearance); 瓜 (うり) melon
- カ (on reading): 甜瓜 (てんか) Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa); 瓜田 (かでん) melon field
- ケ (on reading): 白木瓜 (しろぼけ) Choenomeles lagenaria; 緋木瓜 (ひぼけ) Choenomeles lagenaria
- Read as a whole word: 冬瓜 (とうがん) wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); 冬至南瓜 (とうじかぼちゃ) custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
Components
Kanji containing 瓜
Words using 瓜
- 瓜二つ (うりふたつ) exactly alike (in appearance)
- 瓜 (うり) melon
- 白瓜 (しろうり) melon cucumber
- 瓜実顔 (うりざねがお) oval face (e.g. of a beautiful woman)
- 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
- 甜瓜 (てんか) Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
- 瓜田 (かでん) melon field
- 破瓜 (はか) age 16 (of a girl)
- 破瓜病 (はかびょう) hebephrenia
- 天瓜粉 (てんかふん) talcum powder
- 冬瓜 (とうがん) wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)
- 冬至南瓜 (とうじかぼちゃ) custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
- 白木瓜 (しろぼけ) Choenomeles lagenaria
- 緋木瓜 (ひぼけ) Choenomeles lagenaria
- 淀木瓜 (よどぼけ) Choenomeles lagenaria
- 真木瓜 (まぼけ) Choenomeles lagenaria
- 木瓜 (もっこう) family crest based on a japonica flower
- 赤瓜 (あかもううい) Okinawan yellow cucumber
33 words in all.