茄
qiéjiā HSK6

eggplant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡa
ɡal
kraːl

說文解字

芙蕖莖。从艸加聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)