莢

See also: 荚

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiap / goeh / ngeh / ngoeh / keh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
    • Wade–Giles: chia²
    • Yale: jyá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaap³
    • Yale: gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goeh
    • Tâi-lô: gueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goeq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡueʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngeh
    • Tâi-lô: ngeh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngeq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ŋẽʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngoeh
    • Tâi-lô: ngueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoeq
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋuẽʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋuẽʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋuẽʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh
    • Tâi-lô: keh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /keʔ³²/

Note:

• kiap - literary;
• goeh/ngeh/ngoeh/keh - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: kep

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
Baxter	kep
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/

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

(deprecated template usage) 莢

1. pods of leguminous plants
2. pods

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Japanese

Kanji

莢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. pod
2. hull
3. husk
4. shell
5. case

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: さや (saya, 莢)

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Korean

Hanja

莢 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협)

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