noun
Archaic term for the gourd plant or its fruit, especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). In modern Japanese, ひょうたん is more common.
古い文献には、ひさごを水筒として使ったと記されている。
Old documents record that gourds were used as water bottles.
noun
dried gourd flask
Specifically a dried, hollowed-out gourd used as a container or flask. Often associated with historical or traditional contexts.
旅人はひさごに酒を入れて持ち歩いた。
Travelers carried sake in a dried gourd flask.
Kana spelling is common in modern usage, especially for the plant or dried gourd.
Rare kanji variant for gourd; also read ひさ.
Rare kanji variant for gourd.
The common modern word for gourd or calabash, both the plant and the dried container. ひさご is an archaic synonym.
The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 瓢, 瓠, and 匏 all refer to gourds or calabashes and are used interchangeably in classical texts.