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茄 means 'eggplant'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 2933   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-8    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 18 words   Used in 276 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
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Name    な   か   なす
⿱   () grass   add  
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茄 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 茄 is used 14 times, read 1 way (with 2 variations).
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noun
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)  (see also: トマト)
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Most common form: 茄子
noun
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine  (often written with kana only)
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noun
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked eaten in the autumn  (see also: 茄子)
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An additional カ less common words include 茄 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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カ   eggplant
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カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
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