melon
瓜 centers on the idea of a melon or gourd: a round, fleshy fruit that grows on vines.
瓜 is a pictograph of a melon or gourd hanging from a vine. The modern form retains the vine-like top stroke and the rounded body with internal seeds or divisions.
The top horizontal stroke is the vine, and the body below is the round melon with its inner seeds. Picture a melon hanging from a vine: 瓜 is a melon.
For カ, imagine a car full of melons: car -> カ, and the melons are piled up inside.
melon; gourd
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; Vietnamese luffa; dishcloth gourd
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
family crest based on a japonica flower
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; puberty
Cucurbita pepo (species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini)
Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus); Chinese Hami melon; snow melon
Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini
wax gourd seed; winter melon seed
custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
angled luffa (Luffa acutangula); Chinese okra; dish cloth gourd; ridged gourd; sponge gourd; vegetable gourd; strainer vine; ribbed loofah; silky gourd; silk gourd; sinkwa towelsponge
chayote
kara flowering quince (Chaenomeles lagenaria)
acorn squash (Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata)
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