phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common
eggplant

= + : A cook is cooking the Queen of Hearts (qi) favorite dish in the elevator's kitchen (e2)—eggplant (茄) and artificial lawn (艹)—therefore the Queen cheers for him waving her pom-poms (加).

茄 character breakdown

abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4] / surname Jia

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 加油: cheerleaders' pom poms.

= + : Joan of Arc works on her cheerleading skills in front of the ashram. For the grande finale of her performance she prepared special effects: at the very end of her performance she hits a power button on the floor with her foot, which starts mandarins shooting from her pom poms.
to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 加油: cheerleaders' pom poms.

= + : Joan of Arc works on her cheerleading skills in front of the ashram. For the grande finale of her performance she prepared special effects: at the very end of her performance she hits a power button on the floor with her foot, which starts mandarins shooting from her pom poms.
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) / surname Jia

Characters with 茄 as component

excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) received a very important guest (嘉) in front of the ashram (a1), the giant (吉). She made his favorite dish for him: eggplant (茄). The giant tastes the dish and exclaims that it is very excellent (嘉).
surname Jia

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) received a very important guest (嘉) in front of the ashram (a1), the giant (吉). She made his favorite dish for him: eggplant (茄). The giant tastes the dish and exclaims that it is very excellent (嘉).

Words with 茄

roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
see 聖女果|圣女果[sheng4 nü3 guo3]
white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
see 聖女果|圣女果[sheng4 nü3 guo3]

Sentences with 茄

茄 currently does not appear in any sentence.