Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
6
Mandarin
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
6 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
hù / bù

Definitions by reading

bu5 hu6
Mandarin equivalent hù / hù
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng bu5 Chenghai bu5 Jieyang bu5 Raoping bu5 Shantou bu5
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hu6 Chaoyang hu6 Chenghai hu6 Jieyang hu6 Raoping hu6 Shantou hu6
一年生草本植物,爬蔓,夏开白花。果实长圆形,嫩时可吃,老后可剖之为瓢,作舀水之用器:~齿(整齐、洁白的牙齿)~肥(又白又胖)~脯(干菜的一种。即瓠子干)~犀(瓠瓜的子。因排列整齐,色泽洁白,所以常用来比喻美人的牙齿。也作瓠栖)。
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bu5
Mandarin equivalent
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng bu5 Chenghai bu5 Jieyang bu5 Raoping bu5 Shantou bu5
瓠子,爬蔓,果实长圆形,嫩时可吃
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001
hu6
Mandarin equivalent
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hu6 Chaoyang hu6 Chenghai hu6 Jieyang hu6 Raoping hu6 Shantou hu6
草本植物,爬蔓,果实长圆形,嫩时可以吃
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

bottle gourd; calabash; pot

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
匣母 一等 口 模韵 平声 戶吳切
Reconstruction:
Original

瓠𤬜瓢也,又音護。

2
匣母 一等 口 模韵 去声 胡誤切
Reconstruction:
Original

匏也,又瓠子隄名,亦姓,淮南子有瓠巴善鼓琴。