茄qié · jiā
eggplant. 8 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 茄
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–8 write 加.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 茄 · the stroke-order rules
What 茄 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 加 (jiā, to add to).
艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 加 carries the sound.
Words that use 茄
| 番茄 | tomato 指一种红色可食用果实蔬菜 红番茄在试验温室里自然繁殖旺盛。The red tomato thrived naturally in the trial greenhouse. Lesson 574, 明辨笃行 · 崇法明德与浩然天地 · Rule of Law, Virtue & The Noble Spirit |
| 茄子 | aubergine, eggplant 指紫皮的常见蔬菜 村民端来茄子和热汤，说要切实帮上一把。Villagers brought over aubergines and hot soup. Lesson 630, 全力修桥 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
Characters that share the sound part 加
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.