Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd

    Idiomatic expression

    瓢箪から駒って言うのかな、知人の紹介で就職決まっちゃったんだよ。
    I just got a great job because of an introduction from a friend. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.
  2. something impossible; something ridiculous

    Idiomatic expression

Also written ひょうたんから駒【ひょうたんからこま】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
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gourd

Kun
ひさごふくべ
On
ヒョウ
Strokes
17
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
melon

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-11-6SKIP code
4e12.3The Kanji Dictionary
1293.0Four corner code
74e2Unicode hex code
1-41-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2975Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3688New Nelson (John Haig)
2356Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1657Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2911Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2920Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2668Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
21419XMorohashi
piao2Pinyin reading
pyoKorean reading
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bamboo rice basket

Kun
はこ
On
タン
Strokes
15
Radical
bamboo

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
2-6-9SKIP code
6f12.2The Kanji Dictionary
8850.6Four corner code
7baaUnicode hex code
1-35-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3443Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4321New Nelson (John Haig)
3366Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2631Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26509XMorohashi
dan1Pinyin reading
danKorean reading
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pony, horse, colt

Kun
こま
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1452 of 2500
Radical
horse
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (25)
CodeReference
1-10-5SKIP code
10a5.5The Kanji Dictionary
7732.0Four corner code
3449deroo
99d2Unicode hex code
1-22-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5206Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6742New Nelson (John Haig)
1827New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2298Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1189Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1623Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1979Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2133Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1519A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2349Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1927Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44663Morohashi
2268Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2050Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1998Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ju1Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level