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莢
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
荚
🇨🇳

pods

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Fruits
jiá
キョウ
さや
협
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夾 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (莢)
艹 grass (top)+ 夾 press from both sides =
莢 pods
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
夾 Phonetic component
press from both sides
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Simplified (荚)
艹 grass (top)+ 夹 be wedged or =
荚 pods of leguminous plants
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
夹 Phonetic component
jiá be wedged or
variant of 夾|夹[jiá]
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
荚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
荚 / 莢 [jiá]
pod (botany)
Japanese
莢 さや 、 サヤ 同音
noun usually kana pod (e.g. a pea pod); shell; hull
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その双子はさやの中の２つのえんどう豆のように似ている。
The twins are as alike as two peas in a pod.
Japanese Names
莢 さや
Saya female given name
莢 さやか
Sayaka female given name
CHINESE WORDS (6)
豆荚 [dòu​jiá] #28,589
pod (of legumes)
荚果 [jiá​guǒ] #62,533
seed pod
皂荚 [zào​jiá] #57,385
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
皂荚树 [zào​jiá​shù]
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
秋葵荚 [qiū​kuí​jiá]
okra (Hibiscus esculentus)
荚膜组织胞浆菌 [jiá​mó​zǔ​zhī​bāo​jiāng​jūn]
Histoplasma capsulatum
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
薬莢 [やっきょう] #35,806
cartridge case
排莢 [はいきょう] #73,390
ejection (of spent shell casings)
皀莢 [さいかち] #147,423
honey locust (Gleditsia japonica)
絹さや [きぬさや] #151,064
snow pea
莢膜 [きょうまく] #206,414
(bacterial) capsule
莢豌豆 [さやえんどう] #236,120
snow pea
莢隠元 [さやいんげん] #309,498
green beans
莢豆 [さやまめ] #315,411
legume
排莢桿筒 [はいきょうかんとう]
ejector tube
深山莢迷 [みやまがまずみ]
Wright viburnum
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