茄

eggplant

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,120 U+8304

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 加 (phonetic, jiā)

components: 艹加

eggplant · Heisig RSH #1991

flower + 加 add

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 加

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 加 (jiā) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
加 sound component	jiā	to add to, to increase, to augment
架	jià	frame, rack, stand; to prop up
驾	jià	to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
嘉	jiā	excellent; joyful; auspicious
咖	kā	coffee; used in transliterations
伽	jiā	temple; used to transliterations
迦	jiā	used in transliterations
痂	jiā	scab
枷	jiā	the stocks, a cangue scaffold
瘸	qué	lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs
跏	jiā	to squat, to sit cross-legged
袈	jiā	Buddhist cassock
笳	jiā	reed whistle

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
茄子河区	Qié zi hé Qū	Qiezihe, a district of Qitaihe City 七臺河市\|七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang
欧米茄表公司	Ōu mǐ jiā Biǎo Gōng sī	Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker
铁板茄子	tiě bǎn qié zi	eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
茄子河	Qié zi hé	see 茄子河區\|茄子河区[Qie2 zi5 he2 Qu1]
茄红素	qié hóng sù	Lycopene
雪茄头	xuě jiā tóu	cigarette lighter plug (inserted in a car's cigarette lighter socket to draw power)
茄二十八星瓢虫	qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng	28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
烧茄子	shāo qié zi	stewed eggplant
番茄红素	fān qié hóng sù	Lycopene
雪茄烟	xuě jiā yān	cigar
茄子	qié zi	eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (whe…
茄克	jiā kè	variant of 夾克\|夹克[jia1 ke4]
茄科	qié kē	Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)
小番茄	xiǎo fān qié	cherry tomato
雪茄	xuě jiā	(loanword) cigar
树番茄	shù fān qié	tamarillo
野颠茄	yě diān qié	deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
茄克衫	jiā kè shān	jacket
番茄酱	fān qié jiàng	ketchup; tomato sauce
白苋紫茄	bái xiàn zǐ qié	white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle