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茄
qié
1. eggplant
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

茄
jiā
eggplant
8 丶

Compound Words (19)

番茄
fānqié
tomato
茄子
qiézi
eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
茄科
qiékē
Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)
茄萣
Qiédìng
Qieding or Chiating township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
蕃茄
fānqié
variant of [[番茄<fānqié>]]
颠茄
diānqié
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
烧茄子
shāoqiézi
stewed eggplant
番茄汁
fānqiézhī
tomato juice
番茄酱
fānqiéjiàng
ketchup
茄红素
qiéhóngsù
Lycopene
茄萣乡
Qiédìngxiāng
Qieding or Chiating township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
野颠茄
yědiānqié
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
番茄红素
fānqiéhóngsù
Lycopene
白苋紫茄
báixiànzǐqié
white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
茄子河区
Qiézihéqū
Qiezihe district of Qitaihe city [[七台河<Qītáihé>]], Heilongjiang
铁板茄子
tiěbǎnqiézi
iron pan eggplant (typical Northern-Chinese dish)
樱桃小番茄
yīngtáoxiǎofānqié
see [[聖女果|圣女果<shèngnǚguǒ>]]
珍珠小番茄
zhēnzhūxiǎofānqié
see [[聖女果|圣女果<shèngnǚguǒ>]]
茄二十八星瓢虫
qiéèrshíbāxīngpiáochóng
28-spotted ladybird

Alternate Entries

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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,135
Word Frequency Rank
2,187 of 84,292