Word Meaning 糸瓜

へちま hechima

糸瓜 is read as へちま (hechima) and means something useless.

Meaning

English

something useless
loofah
loofa
vegetable sponge
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca)
Egyptian cucumber
Vietnamese luffa
dishrag gourd

Reading

Kana

へちま

Romaji

hechima

Writing Variants

天糸瓜 へちま hechima

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

十角糸瓜

とかどへちま

angled luffa (Luffa acutangula)

金糸瓜

きんしうり

spaghetti squash (group of cultivars of Cucurbita pepo)

糸

いと

thread

糸口

いとぐち

thread end

糸魚川静岡構造線

いといがわしずおかこうぞうせん

Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line

糸面取り

いとめんとり

light chamfering (engineering)

糸口を開く

いとぐちをひらく

to find a clue

糸電話

いとでんわ

telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

糸球体

しきゅうたい

glomerulus

糸状体

しじょうたい

mitochondria

糸価

しか

price of silk thread

糸入り

いといり

silk or paper with cotton threads