懂中文 Dong Chinese

茄

jiā, qié

eggplant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

加 sound component

加  Sound component

jiā

  

add

Evolution

茄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

茄  

jiā

eggplant; phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹 is more common

Most common words with 茄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

番茄

tomato

雪茄

cigar (loanword)

茄子

aubergine

茄

phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹 is more common

番茄酱

ketchup