茄 = 艹 + 加

茄 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “eggplant”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 加 (add to).

Keyword: eggplant
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiā
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: баклажаны
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 茄 eggplant

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
加 add to

How to find 茄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “add to”. 茄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 茄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.