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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)

颠茄
diānqié
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
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>]]
番茄汁
fānqiézhī
tomato juice
茄萣乡
Qiédìngxiāng
Qieding or Chiating township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
烧茄子
shāoqiézi
stewed eggplant
野颠茄
yědiānqié
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
番茄酱
fānqiéjiàng
ketchup
茄红素
qiéhóngsù
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)
番茄红素
fānqiéhóngsù
Lycopene
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