Kanji 茄: "eggplant"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 茄

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 茄子なすeggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
• 麻婆茄子mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
• 赤あか茄子なすChinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant · tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
• 唐茄子とうなすsquash; pumpkin
• 茄子紺dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color
• 秋茄子あきなすautumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn
• 一いち富ふ士じ二に鷹たか三さん茄子なすびbest is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
• 水みず茄子なすvar. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw · pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant
• 賀か茂も茄子なすKamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
• 小茄子こなすびsmall eggplant · Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
• 浜茄子はまなすrugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
• 秋茄子あきなすは嫁よめに食くわすなdon't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

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