茄 — Chinese character
茄
jiā
eggplant
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 加
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 加
- Japanese
- 茄 as a kanji
Common words with 茄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 茄子 | qié zi | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine |
| 雪茄 | xuě jiā | (loanword) cigar |
| 番茄酱 (番茄醬) | fān qié jiàng | ketchup; tomato sauce |
| 蕃茄 | fān qié | variant of 番茄 (fān qié) |
| 颠茄 (顛茄) | diān qié | deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) |
| 茄科 | qié kē | Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family) |
| 雪茄烟 (雪茄煙) | xuě jiā yān | cigar |
| 番茄红素 (番茄紅素) | fān qié hóng sù | Lycopene |
| 番茄汁 | fān qié zhī | tomato juice |
| 茄克 | jiā kè | variant of 夹克 (jiā kè) |
| 烧茄子 (燒茄子) | shāo qié zi | stewed eggplant |
English words written with 茄
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.