瓢
瓢

gourd

17 strokesGrade 9

On

ヒョウ

Kun

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Dictionary

Common Words

ひょうたん瓢箪ヒョウタンNounUsually kanaFreq #47382
1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd

2

gourd (container); calabash

瓠匏瓢ひさごひょう (瓢)ひさこひさ (瓠)NounFreq #48735
1

Archaic

gourd; calabash; bottle gourd

2

dried gourd, used as flask

乾瓢干瓢かんぴょうNounFreq #70668
1

strips of dried gourd

てんとう虫天道虫てんとうむしテントウムシ瓢虫紅娘NounFreq #76003
1

ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle

2

Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird

瓢箪から駒ひょうたんから駒ひょうたんからこまNounExpressionFreq #103234
1

Idiomatic expression

something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd

Examples
瓢箪から駒って言うのかな、知人の紹介で就職決まっちゃったんだよ。
I just got a great job because of an introduction from a friend. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.
2

Idiomatic expression

something impossible; something ridiculous

青瓢箪青びょうたんあおびょうたんNounFreq #104917
1

green calabash; unripe gourd

2

scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person

一瓢いっぴょうNounFreq #135312
1

one gourd

2

small drink (esp. of alcohol); drink one carries

ナナホシテントウななほしてんとう七星瓢虫七星天道NounUsually kanaFreq #146236
1

seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird

千成瓢箪千生瓢箪せんなりびょうたんNounFreq #179980
1

bottle gourd

2

ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

瓢箪鯰ひょうたんなまずNounFreq #181677
1

(person) slippery as an eel

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