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茄

茄

Translingual

Han character

茄 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿大尸口 (TKSR), four-corner 44460)

  1. eggplant, aubergine
  2. used for several plants non-native to East Asia

References

  • KangXi: page 1026, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30835
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3198, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8304

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 茄

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 茄
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰiɛ³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰiɛ²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰie⁴⁵/
/t͡ɕʰye⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰiə⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰiə²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰiɛ⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰiɛ²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰie⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰiə⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰie²¹³/ 新
/t͡ɕʰye²¹³/ 舊
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰie³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰie²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰiɛ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰye²⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰye⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕie̞¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ga²³/
Suzhou /gɑ¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑi²¹³/ ～子
/d͡ʑiɑ²¹³/ 番～
Wenzhou /d͡zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰya⁴⁴/
Tunxi /kɔ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕie¹³/
/t͡ɕia¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡ʑyo¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɑ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /kʰio¹¹/
Taoyuan /kʰio¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰɛ²¹/
Nanning /kʰɛ²¹/
Hong Kong /kʰɛ²¹/
/ka⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kio³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kyo⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kiɔ³³/
/ka⁵⁴/ 新
Shantou (Min Nan) /kio⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kio³¹/
Rime
Character 茄
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 戈 (96)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 求迦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gɨa/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiɑ/
Wang
Li		 /ɡǐɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qié
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 茄 茄
Reading # 1/3 2/3
No. 5866 5867
Phonetic
component		 加 加
Rime
group		 魚 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 伽 伽
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡa/ /*ɡal/
Notes 見僮約，揚雄賦作伽

Definitions

茄

  1. eggplant; aubergine
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 茄子 (“eggplant; aubergine”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 茄子
Taxonomic name 茄
Mandarin Beijing 茄子
Taiwan 茄子
Jinan 茄子
Xi'an 茄子
Wuhan 茄子
Chengdu 茄子
Yangzhou 茄子
Hefei 茄子
Cantonese Guangzhou 矮瓜、茄瓜
Hong Kong 矮瓜、茄瓜
Taishan 茄
Yangjiang 茄子
Gan Nanchang 茄子
Hakka Meixian 吊菜、茄仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 吊菜仔、茄仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 吊菜仔、茄仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 吊菜仔、茄仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 吊菜、茄
Zhuolan (Raoping) 茄
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 茄
Jin Taiyuan 茄子
Min Bei Jian'ou 茄
Min Dong Fuzhou 紫菜
Min Nan Xiamen 茄
Taipei 茄
Kaohsiung 紅菜
Tainan 紅菜
Chaozhou 茄
Wu Shanghai 茄子、落蘇
Suzhou 茄子
Wenzhou 茄兒、落茄
Xiang Changsha 茄子
Shuangfeng 茄子

Compounds

  • 番茄 (fānqié, “tomato”)
  • 茄子 (qiézi, “eggplant”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 茄
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古牙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ka/
Wang
Li		 /ka/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiā
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 茄
Reading # 3/3
No. 5881
Phonetic
component		 加
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 嘉
Old
Chinese		 /*kraːl/

Definitions

茄

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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

茄

  1. (Cantonese, slang) poop
    屙茄 [Cantonese]  ―  o1ke1 [Jyutping]  ―  to poop

Japanese

Kanji

茄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

茄 • ‎(ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茄 (già, nhà, nhu, như, nhựa, cà, gia)

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