A melon is hanging under a melon frame.
The big seal script of the character Melon is
similar to shell bone script.
Its small script is
a better pictography than big seal script, the melon is clearly hanging under the frame.
Its clerical script is
similar but not very good pictography. The melon is replaced by a dot on a hook, the frame support bars are bent, and short, not solid support. But it is still a pictography character.
Its current standard printing script for traditional or simplified character is
瓜
same as the clerical script.
Its Pinyin is "Gua1".
I have to say a little bit more about the character. Don't be confused this character with another very similar one, which is the character
爪
which means Claw.
If nothing in the end of the middle vertical line, it is Claw. If it has circle or dot, it is Melon。
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