瓢
dipper; ladle
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,639 U+74E2
How 瓢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
瓜 (semantic, “gourd”) + 票 (phonetic, piào)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 票
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 票 (piào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 票 sound component | piào | bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper |
| 标 | biāo | mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize |
| 飘 | piāo | to drift, to float, to flutter |
| 漂 | piāo | to drift, to float; to be tossed about; bleach |
| 膘 | biāo | sfat; rump |
| 镖 | biāo | spear, harpoon, dart; to escort |
| 嫖 | piáo | to patronize a prostitute; to frequent |
| 嘌 | piào | fast, speedy |
| 缥 | piǎo | dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil |
| 剽 | piāo | to rob, to plunder, to slice off; nimble, quick |
| 螵 | piāo | chrysalis |
| 鳔 | biào | swim bladder |
| 摽 | biāo | to sign, to signal; to throw |
| 瘭 | biāo | whitlow |
| 瞟 | piǎo | to squint, to glare, to look askance |
| 骠 | piào | charger, steed; swift, valiant |
Words containing 瓢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茄二十八星瓢虫 | qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng | 28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata |
| 七星瓢虫 | qī xīng piáo chóng | seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) |
| 脑瓢儿 | nǎo piáo r | top of the head; crown |
| 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo | solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| 瓢泼而下 | piáo pō ér xià | (of rain) to fall heavily |
| 瓢泼大雨 | piáo pō dà yǔ | downpour (idiom) |
| 开瓢 | kāi piáo | (coll.) to crack sb's head open (often humorous) |
| 嘴瓢 | zuǐ piáo | (coll.) to get one's words mixed up; to misspeak |
| 照葫芦画瓢 | zhào hú lu huà piáo | lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly |
| 瓢虫 | piáo chóng | ladybug; ladybird |
| 依葫芦画瓢 | yī hú lu huà piáo | lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom); fig. to follow the existing pat… |
| 锅碗瓢盆 | guō wǎn piáo pén | kitchen utensils (literary) |
| 疏水箪瓢 | shū shuǐ dān piáo | little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life (idiom) |
| 瓢泼 | piáo pō | (of rain) pouring |
| 秃瓢 | tū piáo | bald head (colloquial) |
| 瓢羹 | piáo gēng | (dialect) spoon |