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Kanji Detail for 瓢 - "gourd"

瓢

  • Meaning

    瓢 means "gourd." Also associated with ladle, calabash.

    1. Gourd - A bottle gourd plant.

    2. Calabash - A container made from dried gourd.

    3. Ladle - A dipper or scoop.

  • Four-character idioms with 瓢

    • 箪食瓢飲 たんしひょういん Listen simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life

  • Tattoo check: 瓢

    • Verified meaning: gourd
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かえでやま, ひさご, ひょう)
    • Also carries these associations: ladle, calabash

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 瓢

    Surnames 瓢(かえでやま)Listen 瓢(ひさご)Listen 瓢(ひょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gourd

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ladle made from dried gourd

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    dipper; ladle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a ladle made from a dried gourd

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A vessel name. Made by splitting a gourd. Used to scoop water or hold wine and such. Any object shaped like a ladle and used to scoop things is also called 瓢.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hyoh(ヒョウ) ヒョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fukube(ふくべ) ふくべ

    hisago(ひさご) ひさご

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    瓜 (uri)

  • Related Keywords

    gourd calabash ladle dipper bottle container curved dried hollow natural pitcher scoop squash utensil vessel

Sentences including 瓢

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