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瓢 = 瓜 + 票
瓢 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gourd”. It is built from 瓜 (melon) and 票 (ballot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2920.
- Keyword
- gourd
- RTK frame
- 2920
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひさご, ふくべ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- тыква
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 瓢 ladle made from dried gourd
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 瓢 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “melon” + “ballot”. 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.