瓜（guā）

 
字形：
古代的金文（一种刻在青铜器上的文字）“瓜”字看起来，像藤蔓的分叉处结了一个果实，悬挂在那里，整个字是藤上长着瓜的形象。人们吃瓜的时候，常用刀顺着瓜纹切开吃，因此“瓜分”比喻分割或分配。“瓜分”后来也指若干强国联合起来分割弱小或经济不发达国家的土地。
The ancient Chinese character "瓜" in the bronze script was the image of a melon growing in the ramification of tendrils.  The outer part of the Chinese pictogram for "瓜" looked like a vine,  and the inner part looked like fruit.  This character represented a melon on the vine.   When people eat melons,  they often cut them along the natural lines,  and thus the Chinese expression "瓜分",  meaning partition.  Later "瓜分" has been used to refer to superpowers getting together to divide the lands of small and economically under- developed countries.
 
字义：
melon
 
组词：
西瓜（xīguā）： watermelon
瓜子（guāzǐ）：melon seeds
瓜农（guānóng）：melon farmer
瓜蔓（guāmàn）：melon vine
瓜葛（guāgě）：connection
瓜分（guāfēn）：divide
 
例句：
Tā gāng mǎi de xīguā zhēn tián!
1、他刚买的西瓜真甜！
The watermelon he just bought is pretty sweet.
Bié kàn wǒ, wǒ hé zhè jiàn shì méiyóu guāgě.
2、别看我，我和这件事没有瓜葛。
Don’t look at me. I have nothing to do with this.
Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, shènglìzhě guāfēn le zhèlǐ de shíyóu.
3、战争结束后，胜利者瓜分了这里的石油。
The conquerors divided the petroleum here after the war.