懂中文 Dong Chinese

莢

jiá

pods of leguminous plants

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夾 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夾 sound component

夾  Sound component

jiā, jiá, jià

  

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

莢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
莢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
莢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
莢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

荚 (莢) 

jiá

pods of leguminous plants; pods; pod (botany)

Most common words with 莢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荚

pod (botany)

豆荚

pod (of legumes)

荚果

seed pod

皂荚

Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)