Jisho

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6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
melon
Parts:
melon
Kun:
うり
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
  • 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica

Kun reading compounds

  • 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
  • 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
  • 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
  • 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gua1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • melón

Portuguese

French

  • melon
2973 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1888 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1895 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21371X Morohashi
3038 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3686 New Nelson (John Haig)
1877 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2022 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2662 2001 Kanji
0a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
7223.0 Four corner code
1-17-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74dc Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 蠅頭 【ヨウトウ】 small characters, tiny handwriting, as small as the head of a fly, small profit
  • 青蠅 【アオバエ】 bluebottle fly, little pest

Kun reading compounds

  • 蠅 【はえ】 fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha), person of no worth, pisher, scrub
  • はえ座 【はえざ】 Musca (constellation), the Fly
  • 護摩の灰 【ごまのはい】 thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
  • 蝿帳 【はいちょう】 fly-net cupboard
  • ハエ取り 【はえとり】 catching flies, fly-catcher, flytrap, flypaper, jumping spider
  • 護摩の灰 【ごまのはい】 thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying2
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • mosca

Portuguese

French

0 Morohashi
5344 New Nelson (John Haig)
2685 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2725 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
5711.7 Four corner code
1-39-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
877f Unicode hex code