破瓜

Chinese
 
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
 
melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad.
(破瓜)		 破 瓜

Etymology

The shape of the character 瓜 can be decomposed into two 八 (“eight”), thus “breaking 瓜” is used to euphemistically refer to reaching the age of 8+8 (=16) for girls, and 8×8 (=64) for men.

Pronunciation

Verb

破瓜

  1. (literary, of a girl) to reach the age of 16
  2. (literary, figuratively, of a girl) to lose one's virginity
  3. (literary, of a man) to reach the age of 64

Japanese
Kanji in this term
破 瓜
は
Grade: 5		 か
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

破瓜 (hiragana はか, rōmaji haka)

  1. breaking of the hymen by sexual intercourse
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