瓠

瓠 U+74E0, 瓠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74E0 ← 瓟 [U+74DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 瓡 → [U+74E1]

Translingual

Han character

瓠 (Kangxi radical 97, 瓜+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大尸竹女人 (KSHVO), four-corner 4223₀, composition ⿰夸瓜)

Derived characters

• 摦, 槬, 𫈻, 𥧰, 𤬢, 𤬣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 746, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21392
• Dae Jaweon: page 1155, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2655, character 10
• Unihan data for U+74E0

Chinese

trad.		瓠
simp. #		瓠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: huH

Rime
Character	瓠
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡誤切
Baxter	huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/ɣuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤa-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瓠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hù
Middle Chinese	‹ huH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁa-s/
English	bottle-gourd, melon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瓠
Reading #	2/2
No.	15678
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	護
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷlaːs/

Definitions

瓠

1. calabash gourd

   • 魏王貽我大瓠之種，我樹之成而實五石。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     魏王贻我大瓠之种，我树之成而实五石。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wèi wáng yí wǒ dà hù zhī zhǒng, wǒ shù zhī chéng ér shí wǔ dàn. [Pinyin]

     The king of Wei sent me some seeds of a large calabash, which I sowed. The fruit, when fully grown, could contain five piculs (of anything).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瓠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葫蘆
Mandarin	Harbin	葫蘆
	Yantai (Muping)	葫蘆
	Jinan	葫蘆
	Luoyang	葫蘆
	Wanrong	葫蘆
	Xi'an	葫蘆
	Yinchuan	葫蘆
	Xining	葫蘆
	Wuhan	葫蘆
	Guiyang	葫蘆
	Liuzhou	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
	Xuzhou	葫蘆
	Nanjing	葫蘆
	Singapore	葫蘆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葫蘆
	Hong Kong	葫蘆瓜, 葫蘆
	Dongguan	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Gan	Nanchang	葫蘆
	Lichuan	葫蘆, 膨葫
	Pingxiang	葫蘆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓠仔, 瓠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓠子
Huizhou	Jixi	葫蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	葫蘆
	Xinzhou	葫蘆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	葫蘆瓠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Min	Haikou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葫蘆
Wu	Shanghai	葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葫落
	Suzhou	葫蘆
	Danyang	葫蘆
	Hangzhou	葫蘆兒
	Ningbo	葫蘆
	Jinhua	葫蘆
Xiang	Changsha	葫蘆瓜

Compounds

• 堅瓠／坚瓠
• 槃瓠
• 瓠子 (hùzi)
• 瓠巴
• 瓠果
• 瓠犀
• 瓠瓜 (hùguā)
• 瓠葉／瓠叶
• 盤瓠／盘瓠 (Pánhù)
• 盤瓠石室／盘瓠石室
• 苦瓠子

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴
    • Yale: wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù
    • Hakka Romanization System: puˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hu

Rime
Character	瓠
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸吳切
Baxter	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瓠
Reading #	1/2
No.	15676
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胡
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷlaː/

Definitions

瓠

1. (obsolete) Used in 瓠蘆／瓠芦, alternative form of 葫蘆／葫芦 (húlu, “bottle gourd; calabash”)
2. (obsolete) container made of a large old bottle gourd
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of 壺／壶 (hú, “jar; jog”)
4. (Taiwanese Hakka) bottle gourd; calabash

Compounds

• 康瓠

 

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瓠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葫蘆
Mandarin	Harbin	葫蘆
	Yantai (Muping)	葫蘆
	Jinan	葫蘆
	Luoyang	葫蘆
	Wanrong	葫蘆
	Xi'an	葫蘆
	Yinchuan	葫蘆
	Xining	葫蘆
	Wuhan	葫蘆
	Guiyang	葫蘆
	Liuzhou	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
	Xuzhou	葫蘆
	Nanjing	葫蘆
	Singapore	葫蘆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葫蘆
	Hong Kong	葫蘆瓜, 葫蘆
	Dongguan	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Gan	Nanchang	葫蘆
	Lichuan	葫蘆, 膨葫
	Pingxiang	葫蘆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓠仔, 瓠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓠子
Huizhou	Jixi	葫蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	葫蘆
	Xinzhou	葫蘆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	葫蘆瓠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Min	Haikou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葫蘆
Wu	Shanghai	葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葫落
	Suzhou	葫蘆
	Danyang	葫蘆
	Hangzhou	葫蘆兒
	Ningbo	葫蘆
	Jinhua	葫蘆
Xiang	Changsha	葫蘆瓜

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wok⁶
    • Yale: wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚²/

Definitions

瓠

1. (obsolete) Only used in 瓠落 (“vast; spacious; frustrated”).

Compounds

• 瓠落 (huòluò)

 

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/

Definitions

瓠

1. Only used in 瓠讘／瓠𰵹 (“a county during the Han dynasty”).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02611
• “瓠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

瓠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gourd

Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko); かく (kaku)
• Kun: ひさご (hisago)

Korean

Hanja

瓠 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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