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U+8304, 茄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8304

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +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 )

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
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 (grass; plant) + phonetic (OC *kraːl).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • 3ga - vernacular;
  • 3jjia - literary.
Note:
  • jia2 - vernacular;
  • jie2 - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    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/
    /t͡ɕʰye²¹³/
    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 (Hokkien) /kio³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kyo⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kiɔ³³/
    /ka⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /kio⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /kio³¹/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (30)
    Final () (96)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter gja
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ke4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3
    No. 5866 5867
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡa/ /*ɡal/
    Notes

    Definitions

    1. (now in compounds or dialectal) eggplant; aubergine
        ―  qiézi  ―  eggplant
        ―  qié  ―  mushed eggplant
        ―  fānqié  ―  tomato (literally, “foreign eggplant”)
    2. (Cantonese) Short for 番茄 (faan1 ke4-2, “tomato”).
      車厘车厘 [Cantonese]  ―  ce1 lei4 ke4-2   ―  cherry tomato
      [Cantonese]  ―  ke4-2 daan6-2 zi6   ―  tomato and egg sandwich
    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (98)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter kae
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gaa1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 3/3
    No. 5881
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kraːl/

    Definitions

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

    Compounds

    Etymology 3

    trad.
    simp. #
    alternative forms 𡲢
    K

    Compare:

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

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    1. (Cantonese, colloquial) poop (Classifier: c)
      [Cantonese]  ―  o1 ke1   ―  to poop
    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Etymology 4

    trad.
    simp. #

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    1. (Cantonese) Used in transcription.

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. eggplant

    Readings

    • On (unclassified): (ka)
    • Kun: なす (nasu, )

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eum (ga))

    1. eggplant

    Vietnamese

    Han character

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

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