茄冬 qiādōng bishop wood Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 茄 jiā phonetic [transliteration] (bound form) used in phonetic loanwords for the sound "jia", such as in 雪茄 xuějiā冬 dōng phonetic winter The last of the four seasons; specifically the three months from the start of winter to the start of spring in the lunar calendar