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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/
Bernhard
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/
Bernhard
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. An ancient 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)

  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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