瓢 Stroke Order
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Information of 瓢
Pinyin
piáo
Radical
瓜
Strokes
16 strokes
Usage
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Definition
dipper / ladle
瓢 [piáo]
1. A tool for scooping water or taking things, often made from a halved gourd or wood.
(舀水或取东西的工具，多用对半剖开的匏瓜或木头制成。)
2. Shaped like a ladle.
(形状像瓢的。)
3. A type of gourd. Also known as "葫芦" (gourd; calabash).
(瓠的一种。也称“葫芦” (gourd; calabash) )
4. A scoop made from the dry shell of a gourd.
(用葫芦干壳做成的勺。)
5. A measure word used for measuring water or wine.
(量词。用以量水、酒。)
引:
1. From "说文": 瓢, 蠡也。From 瓠省，票声。
(《说文》：瓢，蠡也。从瓠省，票声。)
2. From "三苍": 瓢, 瓠勺也。
(《三苍》：瓢，瓠勺也。)
3. From "论语": 一瓢饮。
(《论语》：一瓢饮。)
例:
如: 瓢冠 (gourd-shaped monk's hat); 瓢堂 (a simple hall).
(又如: 瓢冠(瓜瓢形的僧帽);瓢堂(简陋的堂室) )
6. A scoop made from the dry shell of a gourd, used for various purposes.
(用葫芦干壳做成的勺。)
例:
如: 瓢杓 (a wine vessel made from a halved gourd); 瓢壶 (a vessel for holding wine); 瓢把子 (slang for a bandit leader); 瓢箪 (a metaphor for poverty and hardship, suggesting only a ladle of water and a basket of rice); 瓢勺 (spoon made from an old gourd cut in half).
(如: 瓢杓(剖开葫芦制成的酒器);瓢壶(盛酒的器具);瓢把子(江湖黑话。土匪头子);瓢箪(饮食只有一瓢水，一篮饭。比喻清寒穷困);瓢勺(把老熟的葫芦剖成两半所做成的勺子) )
7. A measure word for a ladle of water.
(量词，用以量水、酒。)
例:
如: 一瓢水 (a ladle of water).
(如: 一瓢水)
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification