茄

茄 U+8304, 茄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8304 ← 范 [U+8303] CJK Unified Ideographs 茅 → [U+8305]

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

trad.		茄
simp. #		茄

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

Attested very rarely and late, earliest in the 59 BCE "Slave's Contract" (《僮約》) by Wang Bao (王褒) (Wang et al., 2008):^[1]

• 二月春分，……別茄披蔥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  二月春分，……别茄披葱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: 59 BCE,《僮約》 ("Slave's Contract") by 王褒 (Wang Bao); English translation by Wang et al. (2008)^[1]

  Èryuè chūnfēn,...... Bié qié pī cōng. [Pinyin]

  In the second month of the year, the Spring Equinox  […]  separate and transplant seedlings of eggplant and scallion.

Alves (2022) relates this to Proto-Vietic *gaː (whence Vietnamese cà), which he considers an early Chinese loanword.^[2]

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”)

   • 盛冬育荀，舊菜增伽（茄）。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     盛冬育荀，旧菜增伽（茄）。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Western Han dynasty, Yang Xiong (attributed),《蜀都賦》; English translation by Knechtges (2022)^[3]

     Shèng dōng yù xún, jiù cài zēng (qié). [Pinyin]

     In the peak of winter bamboo shoots grow here. Among the old vegetables there is also eggplant.

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

• → Amis: kiyo
• → Kavalan: kiu
• → Sakizaya: kiyu
• → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *kʰɯəᴬ
  • ⇒ Lao: ຫມາກເຂືອ (māk khư̄a)
  • ⇒ Shan: မၢၵ်ႇၶိူဝ် (màak khǒe)
  • ⇒ Thai: มะเขือ (má-kʉ̌ʉa)
• → Zhuang: gwz
• →? Proto-Vietic: *gaː^[2]
  • ⇒ Vietnamese: cà

茄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lotus stem

   • 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: Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng, 《西京賦》; English translation by Knechtges (1982)^[1]

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

     Rooted inverted lotus stalks on the figured ceiling, [w]hich bloomed with red flowers joined one to another.

2. an ancient state in modern Anhui

   • 楚子使薳射城州屈，復茄人焉，城丘皇，遷訾人焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     楚子使薳射城州屈，复茄人焉，城丘皇，迁訾人焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chǔ zǐ shǐ Wěi Shè chéng Zhōuqū, fù Jiā rén yān, chéng Qiūhuáng, qiān Zǐ rén yān. [Pinyin]

     The viscount of Chu made Wei She wall Zhouqu, and bring back the people of Jia to it, and wall Qiuhuang, and remove the people of Zi to it.

trad.		茄
simp. #		茄
alternative forms		𡲢 K

Compare:

• 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

trad.		茄
simp. #		茄

茄

1. (Cantonese) Used in transcription.

• “茄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. eggplant

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

茄 (eum 가 (ga))

1. eggplant

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

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