瓜
Meaning
- melon; gourd; squash
- (slang) a piece of gossip
Example sentence
它们是瓜。
They are melons.
The character 瓜
瓜 draws a gourd hanging on its vine. 西瓜 a watermelon, 黄瓜 a cucumber, 南瓜 a pumpkin — the family is named by direction and colour — and 瓜子 are the seeds people crack open.