荚 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jiá

pods of leguminous plants

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 莢.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夹 Sound component

jiā, jiá, jià

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

jiá

pods of leguminous plants; pods; pod (botany)

Most common words with 荚

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	荚	pod (botany)
	豆荚	pod (of legumes)
	荚果	seed pod
	皂荚	Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4119th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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