匏

Information about character(s)

Radical: 勹
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 瓟

Pronunciation

Pinyin: páo
Cantonese: paau4
JapaneseKun: HISAGO
JapaneseOn: HOU
Korean: PHO
Vietnamese: bầu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gourd; musical instrument

CE-Dict: bottle gourd/Lagenaria vulgaris

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《包部》匏瓠也。从包，从夸聲。包，取其可包藏物也。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【勹字部】匏
【唐韻】薄交切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】蒲交切，𠀤音庖。【說文】瓠也。从夸，包聲。取其可包藏物也。【詩·邶風】匏有苦葉。【註】陸佃曰：短頸大腹曰匏。【陸璣詩疏】匏葉少時可爲羹。又可淹煮，至八月葉卽苦。【嚴粲·詩緝】匏經霜葉枯落，乾之腰以度水。【魯語】苦匏不材於人，共濟而已。又【爾雅翼】匏在八音之一，笙十三簧，竽三十六簧，皆列管匏內，施簧管端。又以爲飮器。【詩·大雅】酌之用匏。【禮·郊特牲】器用陶匏，以象天地之性。又【韻會】匏瓜，星名。在河鼓東。【集韻】或作瓟。

CF-Dict: Calebasse

Han-De-Dict: Pao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)

Finnish: pullokurpitsa, kalebassi kurpitsa, Lagenaria vulgaris