Keyword
dipper
- a ladle made from a dried gourd
- Frequency
- #4269
- Strokes
- 16
Readings
piáo
Mnemonic
瓜 (gourd) gives the meaning and 票 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
瓢虫
ladybug; ladybird
瓢
dipper; ladle
瓢泼大雨
downpour (idiom)
锅碗瓢盆
kitchen utensils (literary)
瓢泼
(of rain) pouring
依葫芦画瓢
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom); fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
照葫芦画瓢
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly