Radical
Strokes
5
Residual strokes
0
Mandarin
guā
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
0 strokes
Strokes
5 strokes
Mandarin
guā

Definitions by reading

guê1
Mandarin equivalent guā
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng guê1 Chaoyang guê1 Chenghai guê1 Jieyang guê1 Raoping guê1 Shantou guê1
蔓生植物,叶掌状,花大半是黄色,果实可吃,种类多,有西瓜、南瓜、冬瓜等
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
見母 二等 合口 麻韵 平声 古華切
Reconstruction:
Original

說文蓏也,廣雅云龍蹄虎掌羊骹兔頭桂髓蜜筩小青大班皆瓜名,亦州名,本古西戎地,左傳范宣子數戎子駒支曰昔秦人迫逐乃祖吾離于瓜州,又漢複姓,王莽傳有盜賊臨淮瓜田儀,古華切,七。