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茄

eggplant
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. eggplantRtK
    瓜のつるに茄子はならぬ。You don't get eggplants from a gourd vine.tatoeba
    名器九十九髪茄子The famous Tsukumo Nasuwiki
  1. eggplant (Solanum melongena)
  2. aubergine

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Compound words

茄子なす
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
悪茄子わるなすび
Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
茄子科ナスか
Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)
小茄子こなすび
small eggplant
赤茄子あかなす
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium)
唐茄子とうなす
squash
浜茄子はまなす
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)
賀茂茄子かもなす
Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
惚け茄子ぼけなす
slow-witted person
瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬうりのつるになすびはならぬ
like begets like
瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬうりのつるになすびはならぬ
like begets like

Additional Examples

一富士二鷹三茄子
First, Mt. Fuji; second, hawks; third, eggplants:wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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