茄

茄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿大尸口 (TKSR), four-corner 4446₀, composition ⿱艹加)

• 𠸏 𣖚 𨔽 𡲢 𫅘

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

Historical forms of the character 茄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

茄

1. (now in compounds or dialectal) eggplant; aubergine

   茄子  ―  qiézi  ―  eggplant

   茄泥  ―  qiéní  ―  mushed eggplant

   番茄  ―  fānqié  ―  tomato (literally, “foreign eggplant”)

   • 蔕倒茄於藻井，披紅葩之狎獵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蒂倒茄于藻井，披红葩之狎猎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng, 《西京賦》

     Dì dǎo qié yú zǎojǐng, pī hóng pā zhī xiáliè. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Cantonese) Short for 番茄 (faan¹ ke^4-2, “tomato”).

   車厘茄／车厘茄 [Cantonese]  ―  ce¹ lei⁴ ke^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  cherry tomato

   茄蛋治 [Cantonese]  ―  ke^4-2 daan^6-2 zi⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  tomato and egg sandwich

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• → Amis: kiyo
• → Kavalan: kiu
• → Sakizaya: kiyu
• → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *kʰɯəᴬ
  • ⇒ Lao: ຫມາກເຂືອ (māk khư̄a)
  • ⇒ Shan: မၢၵ်ႇၶိူဝ် (màak khǒe)
  • ⇒ Thai: มะเขือ (má-kʉ̌ʉa)
• → Zhuang: gwz

茄

1. ^† lotus stem
2. (historical) A state in modern Anhui

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• Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj: Chinese 屎 (OC *hliʔ), Burmese ချေး (hkye:);
• Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ (“excrement”): Thai ขี้ (kîi).

Bauer (1996) does not consider this to be a loan from Tai.

茄

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) poop (Classifier: 篤／笃 c)

   屙茄 [Cantonese]  ―  o¹ ke¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to poop

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茄

1. (Cantonese) Used in transcription.

• “茄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. eggplant

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茄 (eum 가 (ga))

1. eggplant

茄: Hán Nôm readings: già, nhà, nhu, như, nhựa, cà, gia

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