瓜

gua̅ = gu + a1

melon / gourd / squash

瓜 = ⺁ + 厶 + ㇏ : Gitta Giraffe (gu) inspects the banana trees (⺁) in front of the ashram (a1) every day. One day, she found a very strange banana: she looked at it, and it looked like a melon (瓜). She then poked it with her finger (㇏). It felt like a melon! She then sniffed at it with her fake nose (厶). The banana smelled like a melon (瓜)! What a strange banana, Gitta thought to herself.

瓜 character breakdown

瓜
- 厶
- ⺁
  - 丿
- ㇏

厶

mǒu = m + ou3

old variant of 某[mou3]

厶

si̅ = s + Ø1

old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

⺁

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺁ = 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: two and more bananas (丿) are part of a larger banana tree (⺁).

㇏

nà = n + a4

Right-falling stroke

Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 瓜 as component

弧

hú = hu + Ø2

arc

弧 = 弓 + 瓜 : Helga Horse (hu) is cutting a melon (瓜) into arcs (弧) using the string of a bow (弓) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2).

孤

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

lone / lonely

孤 = 孑 + 瓜 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is currently the space station's lone (孤) inhabitant. To feel less lonely (孤), she drew a mosquito's (孑) face on a melon (瓜) to have somebody to talk to in front of the space station (Ø1).

瓣

bàn = b + an4

petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc

瓣 = 瓜 + 辡 : Beelzebub (b) is preparing a fake melon (瓜) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to prank random people. He hollowed the melon and filled it with two vases of kimchi (辡) as well as a lot of garlic cloves (瓣).

狐

hú = hu + Ø2

fox

瓢

piáo = pi + ao2

dipper / ladle

呱

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

crying sound of child

瓠

hù = hu + Ø4

gourd