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Information of 瓜
Pinyin
guā
Radical
瓜
Strokes
5 strokes
Usage
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Definition
melon / claw / gourd / squash
瓜 [guā]
名词:
1. A creeping plant belonging to the gourd family, with edible fruit.
2. Melon; gourd. It belongs to the dicotyledonous gourd family.
引:
1. "In July, eat melons; in August, pick gourds." (Shijing, Jin Feng, July)
2. "The large ones are called gourd, the small ones are called die; the ones that come near the roots are usually small." (Commentary on the Book of Songs)
3. "Endless gourds and die." (Shijing, Da Ya, Mian)
例:
如: 瓜田 (field of melons); 瓜润 (melons that have been irrigated and grown more beautifully); 瓜练 (the pulp of a winter melon); 瓜瓤 (melon flesh).
3. Referring to objects shaped like melons, such as ornaments, ceremonial implements, and weapons.
例:
如: 瓜皮帽 (melon-peel hat); 瓜皮船 (melon-peel boat); 金瓜 (golden melon – a type of ceremonial weapon with a long handle and a melon shape at the top).
4. Gua Prefecture.
5. An ancient place name, located in today’s Dunhuang County, Gansu Province.
6. The administrative center located east of today’s Anxi County, Gansu Province.
7. Gua Town, also known as Guabu Island, located at the confluence of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River in southern Jiangsu Province.
8. Homophone for "蜗" ([wō]), meaning snail.
动词:
1. To ripen (as in melons).
引:
1. "Even if it’s vegetables, soup, and melon offerings, they must be arranged properly." (Lunyu, Xiangdang)
2. "The Marquis of Qi sent Lian Cheng and Guan to take care of the gourd harvest." (Zuo Zhuan, Year 8 of Duke Zhuang)
例:
如: 瓜期 (the period of melon ripening, when officials are replaced); 瓜时而往, 及瓜而代 (same as "瓜期"); 瓜时 (the time when the melons are ripe).
2. To cut apart.
引:
1. "At that time, melons were cut, and heroes arose." (Bai Juyi, Creation of Han Gao Emperor)
例:
如: 瓜剖 (to divide land, as in to share); 瓜剖豆分 (metaphor for a nation being invaded and divided, also referred to as "豆剖瓜分").
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)