Unicode: U+44B7

Pinyin: guā

Definition

* 拼音guā。[~蒌] 又作"瓜蒌", 一种攀藤植物,块根和果实供药用

a kind of plant, a kind of herb; Chinese trichosanthes (Trichosanthes kirilowii); bryonia

Structure

䒷 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_E07B
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E3BE

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC