This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ka
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: な、か、なす
Romaji: na, ka, nasu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

eggplant

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-5
Korean Reading:  ga
Chinese Reading:  jia1
Unicode:  8304
JIS:  3258

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3914
New Nelson Index: 4995
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k5.19
Four Corner Index: 4446.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30835X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0609
Remembering the kanji Index: 2372
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1431
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1930
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2456
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2787

Words

茄子 (なす、なすび、ナス、ナスビ)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
唐茄子 (とうなす)
squash; pumpkin
瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ (うりのつるになすびはならぬ)
like begets like
秋茄子 (あきなす)
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked eaten in the autumn
水茄子 (みずなす)
var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw; pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant
赤茄子 (あかなす)
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
浜茄子 (はまなす、はまなし、ハマナス)
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
悪茄子 (わるなすび、ワルナスビ)
Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
蕃茄 (ばんか)
tomato
小茄子 (こなすび)
small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
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