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瓠

hù

Character

What 瓠 means

1. gourd

Words starting with 瓠

• 瓠瓜hù guābottle gourd

Characters built on 夸

These share the phonetic component 夸 (kuā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 绔kùvariant of 裤
• 刳kūto cut open; rip up; scoop out

Sounds the same

Read hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 护to protect
• 户a household; door; family
• 互mutual
• 沪short name for Shanghai
• 糊paste; cream
• 笏(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 扈retinue
• 祜celestial blessing
• 怙to rely on; father (formal)
• 戽water bucket for irrigation
• 楛(tree)
• 岵(literary) mountain covered with vegetation