Zi:瓜

瓜 [guā] melon/gourd/squash; ​黄瓜 cucumber, ​西瓜 watermelon; ​傻瓜 fool/idiot; (radical 97, 瓜​部); (HDZ:) …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►gwaa1 ​瓜 V., EUPH. 〈environment:〉 lit. 瓜 gwaa1 'gourd, melon'; fig.; coll.; hum. 【See also 打柴 daa2 caai4, 釘 deng1, 釘咗 deng1 zo2, 釘蓋 deng1 goi3, 釘棺材蓋 deng1 gun1 coi4 goi3, 瓜柴 gwaa1 caai4, 瓜斗 gwaa1 dau2, 瓜老襯 gwaa1 lou5 can3, 瓜直 gwaa1 zik6, 過身 gwo3 san1, 過咗身 gwo3 zo2 san1, 去咗 heoi3 zo2, 去咗賣鹹鴨蛋 heoi3 zo2 maai6 haam4 aap3 daan6/2, 去咗賣鹹魚 heoi3 zo2 maai6 haam4 jyu4/2, 香咗 hoeng1 zo2, 拉柴 laai1 caai4, 唔喺度 m4 hai2 dou6, 唔喺處 m4 hai2 syu3, 唔响度 m4 hoeng2 dou6, 唔响處 m4 hoeng2 syu3, 收皮 sau1 pei4, 死咗 sei2 zo2, 攤直 taan1 zik6, 走咗 zau2 zo2, 直 zik6, 摺𠹺 zip3 maai4】 to kick the bucket, pass, pass away, i.e. to die ‖ keoi5 jat1 go3 jan4 zyu6, dai6 jat6 gwaa1 zo2 dou1 mou5 jan4 zi1 佢一個人住,第日瓜咗都冇人知 He lives alone. Someday when he has kicked the bucket, no one will know about it ‖ kei4 sat6 jyut6 jyu5 wai4 gei1 baak3 fo1 ho2 ji5 tai2 sing4 wai4 go3 bou2 him2 fu3, jat1 go3 m4 hou2 coi2, di1 gong2 jyut6 jyu5 ge3 jan4 dou1 gwaa1 saai3, zung6 jau5 di1 zaa1 lau4 dai1 其實粵語維基百科可以睇成為個保險庫,一個唔好彩,啲講粵語嘅人都瓜晒,仲有啲渣留低 In fact Cantonese-language Wikipedia can be seen as a kind of insurance repository. If there were bad luck, and all speakers of Cantonese had completely kicked the bucket (died off), some records would still remain behind

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►³guā ​瓜 {C} n. melon; gourd; squash

The Shuōwén Seal form of 瓜(​􁎓) guā ‘melon/gourd’ (Cucurbitaceae) is said to be a pictograph: the outer strokes depict the trailing vines/tendrils, and the inner part the fruit/melon/gourd/cucumber (with a shape like ​厶).
    Compare: ​狐(​􁬣) hú ‘(pumpkin-red/orange) fox’; ​孤(​􂥜) gū ‘fatherless; orphan’; ​呱(​􀍋) gū ‘crying (of a child)’; ​傻瓜 ‘fool’.
    Compare: ​禸(​􂤠​𠫗​𠘯​厹) róu ‘animal tracks, hind quarters’.
    Compare: ​爪(​􀟲​􀠑​㕚) zhǎo, ​抓 zhuā.
    HDZ: 瓜 : guā : (SW: ​㼌/​蓏) ​葫​芦​科​植​物, ​茎​蔓​生 (​蔬瓜, ​果瓜); 瓜​成​熟; (​古) ​一​种​武​器, ​长​柄, ​上​端​是​金瓜​形​的​骨​朵; 瓜​州: ((​古​地​名); (​古​州​名); (​镇​名)); ​蝸 (wō); (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:166.04; Wieger:162a; Karlgren:AD432,GSR41a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2654.1; Lindqvist:193; Mathews:3504; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:746.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:017.1.01; Wáng(1993):44; EDOC:1
►components: ​𠂆​厶​㇏​​么​
►Cantonese: gwa\
Shuōwén: ​􁎓(瓜)
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Unicode: U+74DC
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