瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ — Semantide dictionary

Entry

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
Proverb

Also written 瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ【うりのつるになすびはならぬ】

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Characters in this word

瓜

Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

melon

Kun: うり
On: カケ

Strokes: 6
Taught: Jinmeiyō
Frequency: 2459 of 2500
Radical: 瓜 melon
WaniKani: Level 53

Built from

瓜厶

Used in names as

う

Words starting with 瓜 Words ending in 瓜 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (20)

Code	Reference
3-3-2	SKIP code
0a6.3	The Kanji Dictionary
7223.0	Four corner code
2662	deroo
74dc	Unicode hex code
1-17-27	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2973	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3686	New Nelson (John Haig)
3038	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3789	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2626	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1877	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2022	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1888	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21371X	Morohashi
1895	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gua1	Pinyin reading
gwa	Korean reading
53	WaniKani level

蔓

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vine, tendril, influence, connections, good offices, spread, sprawl, thrive, rampant, powerful

Kun: はびこ.るつる
On: マンバン

Strokes: 14
Taught: Jinmeiyō
Radical: 艸 grass

Built from

日買又艾

Words starting with 蔓 Words ending in 蔓 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (15)

Code	Reference
2-3-11, 2-4-11	SKIP code
3k11.15	The Kanji Dictionary
4440.7	Four corner code
8513	Unicode hex code
1-44-02	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4039	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5180	New Nelson (John Haig)
2975	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2074	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2359	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2445	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2192	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31784X	Morohashi
man4, man2, wan4	Pinyin reading
man	Korean reading

茄

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eggplant

On: カ

Strokes: 8
Taught: Jinmeiyō
JLPT: N1
Radical: 艸 grass

Built from

口力艾

Used in names as

なかなす

Words starting with 茄 Words ending in 茄 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (17)

Code	Reference
2-3-5	SKIP code
3k5.19	The Kanji Dictionary
4446.0	Four corner code
8304	Unicode hex code
1-18-56	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3914	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4995	New Nelson (John Haig)
2787	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1431	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1930	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2372	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2456	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
30835X	Morohashi
2213	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
qie2, jia1	Pinyin reading
ga	Korean reading
n1	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)

子

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child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun: こ-こね
On: シスツ

Strokes: 3
Taught: Grade 1
JLPT: N5
Frequency: 72 of 2500
Radical: 子 child
WaniKani: Level 2

Built from

子

Used in names as

いきぎくけねっ

Words starting with 子 Words ending in 子 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (34)

Code	Reference
4-3-1, 4-2-1	SKIP code
2c0.1	The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7	Four corner code
3547	deroo
5b50	Unicode hex code
1-27-50	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281	New Nelson (John Haig)
3390	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930	Morohashi
25	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31	sakade
43	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40	henshall3
18	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42	crowley
69	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18	busy_people
455	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5	Pinyin reading
ja	Korean reading
n5	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2	WaniKani level