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Readings

Kana: ヒョウ、ひさご、ふくべ
Romaji: hyō, hisago, fukube
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Romaji

Meaning

gourd

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  97
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-11-6
Korean Reading:  pyo
Chinese Reading:  piao2
Unicode:  74e2
JIS:  493B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2975
New Nelson Index: 3688
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e12.3
Four Corner Index: 1293.0
Japanese Names Index: 2668
Daikanwanjiten Index: 21419X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0992
Remembering the kanji Index: 2911
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1657
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2920
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2356

Words

(ひさご、ひさこ、ひさ)
gourd; calabash; bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
瓢箪 (ひょうたん、ヒョウタン)
gourd; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)
瓢箪鯰 (ひょうたんなまず)
(person) slippery as an eel
青瓢箪 (あおびょうたん)
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
二十八星瓢虫 (にじゅうやほしてんとう、ニジュウヤホシテントウ)
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
(ふくべ、ひょう)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit; Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
てんとう虫 (てんとうむし、テントウムシ)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
千成瓢箪 (せんなりびょうたん)
bottle gourd; ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
乾瓢 (かんぴょう)
strips of dried gourd
七星天道虫 (ななほしてんとう、ナナホシテントウ)
seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
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