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莢

莢

See also: 荚

Translingual

Han character

莢 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿大人人 (TKOO), four-corner 44908)

References

  • KangXi: page 1035, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31069
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3216, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+83A2

Chinese

trad. 莢
simp. 荚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瘞 *qrebs
瘱 *qeːbs
脥 *kʰemʔ
浹 *skaːb, *skeːb
挾 *skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾 *kreːb
郟 *kreːb
筴 *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌 *kreːb
鵊 *kreːb
狹 *ɡreːb
峽 *ɡreːb
硤 *ɡreːb
陜 *ɡreːb
陿 *ɡreːb
翜 *sraːb, *srɯːb
梜 *kraːb, *keːb
頰 *keːb
莢 *keːb
鋏 *keːb
蛺 *keːb
唊 *keːb
悏 *kʰeːb
匧 *kʰeːb
愜 *kʰeːb
篋 *kʰeːb
俠 *ɡeːb
綊 *ɡeːb

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 莢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古協切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kep̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kep̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɛp̚/
Li
Rong		 /kep̚/
Wang
Li		 /kiep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jie
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 莢
Reading # 1/1
No. 5905
Phonetic
component		 夾
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 頰
Old
Chinese		 /*keːb/

Definitions

莢

  1. pods of leguminous plants
  2. pods

Compounds

  • 堯階蓂莢／尧阶蓂荚
  • 榆莢／榆荚
  • 榆莢雨／榆荚雨
  • 波斯皁莢／波斯皁荚
  • 皂莢／皂荚
  • 肥皂莢／肥皂荚
  • 莢果／荚果 (jiáguǒ)
  • 莢錢／荚钱
  • 蓂莢／蓂荚
  • 豆莢／豆荚

Japanese

Kanji

莢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

莢 • ‎(hyeop) (hangeul 협)

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