8 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

eggplant

On'yomi
Nanori
  • eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

なす 100.0%

Character Breakdown

eggplant
なす カ な (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
add, addition, increase
カ くわ.える (4th, N3)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

small eggplant ②Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
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References

Unicode hex code 8304
JIS X 0208 1-18-56
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3914
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4995
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2787
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1431
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1930
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2372
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2456
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30835X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2213
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k5.19
Four corner code 4446.0