The pronunciation of eggplant: qié, jiā.
Qie, a common Chinese character (first-level character), was first seen in the Xiaozhuan script of "Shuowen". The word "qie" was originally pronounced as jiā, and its original meaning is lotus stem. In modern Chinese, when "qie" is pronounced as jiā, it is a transliteration word, such as cigar; when pronounced as qié, it refers to eggplant; it also refers to the fruits of Solanaceae plants. The character "qie" in seal script was changed from "艸" to "qie" with the added sound. After the official change, it was written as "qie" in regular script.
The word "qie" was originally pronounced as jiā, and its original meaning is lotus stem. It is a phonetic character. In the Xiaozhuan script, the word "芸" above the word "qie" looks very much like grass, indicating that the lotus belongs to the herbaceous plant; the lower part is "jia", indicating the pronunciation of the word. At the same time, "jia" means "exceed", which means that the lotus stems are taller than the stems of common herbaceous plants. longer. In modern Chinese, when "qie" is pronounced as jiā, it is a transliteration word, such as cigar (a cigarette rolled with tobacco leaves). In addition, "qie" is also pronounced qié, which refers to eggplant; it also refers to the fruits of Solanaceae plants.
Eggplant, hibiscus stem. It is said that the stems of flowers and leaves are both called eggplant. The words "Ke Ye" are commonly used in ancient times and "He". "Chen Feng" has Pu and He. Zheng Jian: The stem of the Fu Canal is called Lotus. Fan Guang's annotation Erya quoted poems with Pu and Qie. Qu Yuan said: Make lotus flowers and use them as clothes, and hibiscus flowers as clothes. Yang Xiong said: "The green clothes of ginseng and eggplant." The Zhu Shang of Lotus. Where can the Han Yuefu herons eat? Eat under the eggplant, also called under the leaves.
Eggplant introduction:
Solanaceae, Solanaceae, Solanum plant. Solanum is an upright branched herb to subshrub, up to 1 meter in height. Branchlets, petioles and pedicels are all branched by 6 or 8 (10) branches, flat or with short-stalked star-shaped tomentose. Branches are mostly purple (wild ones are often There are prickles on the skin), and the coat gradually falls off as they age. The leaves are large, ovate to oblong-ovate, and the petiole is about 2 to 4.5 cm long (the wild ones have prickles). Fertile flowers are solitary, with petiole length of about 1 to 1.8 cm and dense indumentum. Fruit shape and size vary greatly. The shape of the fruit is long or round, and the colors are white, red, purple, etc.
Fruits can be eaten by vegetarians. The roots, stems and leaves are used as medicine as astringents and diuretic, and the leaves can also be used as an anesthetic. The seeds are used as a detumescent and stimulant, but they can easily cause stomach weakness and constipation. Eating the fruit raw can relieve food poisoning. It is native to tropical Asia and is cultivated in all provinces of China.
The leaves are large, ovate to oblong-ovate, 8-18 cm or longer, 5-11 cm or wider, with blunt apex, unequal base, and shallowly wavy or deeply wavy edges. Split, the upper part is covered with short and flat stellate villi with 3 and 7 (8) branches, and the lower part is densely covered with 7 to 8 branched long and flat stellate villi. The lateral veins are 4 to 5 on each side. It is sparsely covered with stellate hairs, which are denser below.