苦瓜 Chinese English dictionary 苦瓜 translate 苦瓜 pinyin

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苦瓜

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
苦瓜 kǔguā	苦瓜 \| 苦瓜* \| *苦瓜	bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
苦	苦 \| 苦* \| *苦	8画艸艹 + 5	kǔ, gǔ	bitter; hardship, suffering	fu2	4460.4 TJR


瓜	瓜 \| 瓜* \| *瓜	5画瓜 + 0	guā	melon, gourd, cucumber; Kangxi radical 97	gwaa1	7223.0 HVIO

Word decomposition:

Traditional		English Definition
苦瓜 kǔguā	苦瓜 \| 苦瓜* \| *苦瓜	bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)


苦 kǔ	苦 \| 苦* \| *苦	bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly


瓜　guā	瓜 \| 瓜* \| *瓜	melon; gourd; squash / (slang) a piece of gossip