瓜, gourd/melon, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 瓜 express meanings related to melons or vine plants.
Characters formed by the phonetic component 瓜
呱 孤 菰 柧 苽 軱 箛 觚笟泒罛 the same pronunciation gū
狐 弧 the same pronunciation hú
搲 窊 攨 畖 溛 the same pronunciation wā
Characters formed by the semantic component 瓜
| 笔划 | 汉字 | 拼音 | 笔划 | 汉字 | 拼音 |
| 5 | 瓜 | guā | 8 | 瓝 | bó |
| 10 | 瓞 | dié | 10 | 瓟 | bó |
| 11 | 瓠 | hù | 13 | 瓡 | zhí |
| 16 | 瓢s | piáo | 19 | 瓣 | bàn |
| 22 | 瓤 | ráng | 24 | 瓥 | lì |