Word Meaning 南瓜

なんか nanka

南瓜 is read as なんか (nanka) and means pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.).

Meaning

English

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.)
squash

Reading

Kana

なんか

Romaji

nanka

Writing Variants

南瓜かぼちゃ kabocha
南瓜ぼうぶら boubura

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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南瓜野郎

かぼちゃやろう

man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face

西洋南瓜

せいようかぼちゃ

buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)

団栗南瓜

どんぐりかぼちゃ

acorn squash (Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata)

冬至南瓜

とうじかぼちゃ

custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice

素麺南瓜

そうめんかぼちゃ

spaghetti squash

ペポ南瓜

ぺぽかぼちゃ

Cucurbita pepo

玩具南瓜

おもちゃかぼちゃ

Cucurbita pepo (species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini)

南西

なんせい

southwest

南東

なんとう

southeast

南風

はえ

summer

南部

なんぶ

southern part

南極

なんきょく

South Pole

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