CHINESE CHARACTER

瓜 (guā): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

guā

melon, gourd, squash, cucumber

HSK 35 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

瓜

Primary radical

瓜 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 瓜.

厶

Visible components

瓜 is decomposed as ⿵？厶.

STROKES · 5

Write 瓜 in 5 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 瓜

西瓜xīguā

HSK 3 · watermelon

黄瓜huángguā

HSK 5 · cucumber

瓜分guāfēn

HSK 7-9 · to partition; to divide up

瓜子guāzǐ

HSK 7-9 · melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack

南瓜nánguā

HSK 7-9 · pumpkin

傻瓜shǎguā

HSK 7-9 · idiot; fool

Examples using 瓜

西瓜

这是一种西瓜。

Zhè shì yì zhǒng xī guā。

This is a kind of watermelon.

傻瓜

汤姆不是傻瓜。

Tāng mǔ bú shì shǎ guā。

Tom is no fool.

FAQ

What does 瓜 (guā) mean in Chinese?

melon, gourd, squash, cucumber

How do you write 瓜 in stroke order?

瓜 has 5 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 瓜?

瓜 is the radical in 瓜. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 瓜?

西瓜 (xīguā): watermelon; 黄瓜 (huángguā): cucumber; 瓜分 (guāfēn): to partition; to divide up.