| 瓢 | |||
| ladle made from dried gourd | |||
| Radical | 瓜 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 11 | Total Strokes | 16 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | piu4 |
| Japanese on reading | hyou | Japanese kun reading | fukube hisago |
| Korean reading | phyo | Vietnamese reading | bầu |
| 瓢泼 | [ pō ] (of rain) pouring |
| 瓢泼大雨 | [ pō dà yǔ ] downpour (idiom) |
| 瓢泼而下 | [ pō ér xià ] (of rain) to fall heavily |
| 瓢虫 | [ chóng ] ladybug, ladybird |
| ⇒ 七星瓢虫 | [ qī xīng chóng ] seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) |
| ⇒ 依葫芦画瓢 | [ yī hú lu huà ] lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom), fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification |
| ⇒ 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | [ àn xià hú lú fú qǐ ] solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| ⇒ 照葫芦画瓢 | [ zhaò hú lu huà ] lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom), fig. to copy slavishly |
| ⇒ 疏水箪瓢 | [ shū shuǐ dān ] little water and few utensils, to live a frugal life (idiom) |
| ⇒ 秃瓢 | [ tū ] bald head (colloquial) |
| ⇒ 脑瓢儿 | [ naǒ ] top of the head, crown |
| ⇒ 茄二十八星瓢虫 | [ qié èr shí bā xīng chóng ] 28-spotted ladybird, hadda beetle, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata |
| ⇒ 锅碗瓢盆 | [ guō wǎn pén ] kitchen utensils (literary) |