You guys got it all wrong. 西瓜 is Chinese; Japanese call it スイカ (suika，水瓜 in kanji）
If I were in charge of Japanese I would definitely spell watermelon 水瓜, not 西瓜. So obvious
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we also have 北(northern)瓜 and 南(southern)瓜 in Chinese, the reason why we call it 西瓜
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That’s Chinese
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Once upon I time I learned 30 kanji - hiragana & katakana— now it’s all
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melon from Western Regions (referred to Central Asia)
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The funny thing is not why they use 西 instead of 水, but the way they pronounce it. 西=sei, 水=sui and guess what, 西瓜 is pronounced as "suika" ;)
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Errrr....... that’s Chinese right
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That’s Chinese lol
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