瓜
Character
melon; a large sweet fruit with a hard green skin
- Radical
- 瓜 (itself)
- Strokes
- 5
- Structure
- Surrounds from above
- Parts
- 厶
- Traditional
- 瓜
- Frequency
- #1286 most common character
Meaning
guā
gua1- melon; a large sweet fruit with a hard green skin
- on the internet, fun news about other people, as in 吃瓜
Examples
这个西瓜很大，很好吃。
zhè ge xī guā hěn dà, hěn hǎo chī
This watermelon is very big and very tasty.
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我们一起吃西瓜吧。
wǒ men yì qǐ chī xī guā ba
Let's eat watermelon together.
AI-generated sentence
大家都在网上吃瓜。
dà jiā dōu zài wǎng shàng chī guā
Everyone is watching the drama online.
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Stroke order
All 5 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 瓜
Draw “瓜” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Words with 瓜
See all 110 →瓜分guā fēnto divide something into parts and share itWordHSK 7–9瓜子guā zǐmelon seeds, a small snack you crack open and eatWordHSK 7–9瓜代guā dàia changeover of personnelWord瓜农guā nóngmelon farmerWord瓜果guā guǒfruit (plural sense)Word瓜田guā tiánmelon fieldWord瓜脐guā qíthe umbilicus of a melonWord瓜菜guā càifruit and vegetablesWord瓜葛guā géconnectionWord瓜蒂guā dìpedicel and calyx of muskmelon (used in TCM)Word瓜娃子guā wá zi(dialect) foolWord