瓢 = 票 + 瓜

瓢 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “ladle made from dried gourd”. It is built from 票 (slip of paper or bamboo) and 瓜 (melon).

Keyword: ladle made from dried gourd
Pinyin (Mandarin): piáo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: ковш, сделанный из сухой тыквы
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 瓢 gourd

Decomposition

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票 slip of paper or bamboo
瓜 melon

How to find 瓢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “slip of paper or bamboo” + “melon”. 瓢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 瓢 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.