| Uni: | 74DC |
| Meaning: | melon |
| Pny: | guā |
| Bopo: | ㄍㄨㄚ |
| Wade: | kua1 |
| Jyutping: | gwaa1 |
| Yale: | gwā |
| Cn: | 瓜字旁 guāzìpáng |
| Onyomi: | カ ka |
| Kunyomi: | うり uri |
| Jp: | 瓜/うり uri |
| Hang: | 오이 oi |
| Hanja: | 과 gwa |
Radical 97 or radical melon meaning "melon" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes (6 strokes in Japanese).
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 113th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +3 | ||
| +5 | ||
| +6 | ||
| +8 | ||
| +11 | ||
| +14 | ||
| +17 | ||
| +19 |
There is a design nuance between the form of in modern Japanese and in other languages. Traditionally, the character consists of five strokes. In Japanese kanji simplification, however, the third stroke (i.e. a vertical-horizontal turning stroke) was broken into two strokes, and became a six-stroke radical character. This change also applies to hyōgai kanji.
| Chinese (Mainland China) | Chinese (Taiwan) | Modern Japanese | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 瓜 | 瓜 | 瓜 | |
| 瓞 | 瓞 | 瓞 |