莢

See also: 荚

莢	U+83A2, 莢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A2

← 莡
[U+83A1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莣 →
[U+83A3]

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: 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

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, haap³
Min Nan (POJ): kiap / goeh / ngeh / ngoeh / keh

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): /t͡ɕjä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³, haap³
  - Yale: gaap, haap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸, haap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³, hab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/
Min Nan
- (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.

Middle Chinese: /kep̚/

Rime
Character	莢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	添 (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
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

莢

pods of leguminous plants
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 (zàojiá)
肥皂莢／肥皂荚
莢果／荚果 (jiáguǒ)

莢錢／荚钱
蓂莢／蓂荚
豆莢／豆荚 (dòujiá)

Japanese

Kanji

莢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

pod
hull
husk
shell
case

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
Kun: さや (saya, 莢)
Nanori: さや (saya)

Compounds

莢(きょう)果(か) (kyōka)
莢(きょう)膜(まく) (kyōmaku)
皁(そう)莢(きょう) (sōkyō)
薬(やっ)莢(きょう) (yakkyō)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 莢 (MC kep̚).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çʌ̹p̚]
Phonetic hangul: [협]

Hanja

Wikisource莢 (eumhun 꼬투리 협 (kkoturi hyeop))

pod (of soybean)
Lespedeza cuneata
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

협과 (莢果, hyeopgwa)
협막 (莢膜, hyeommak)
협서 (莢書, hyeopseo)
협유 (莢楡, hyeobyu)
협호 (莢蒿, hyeopho)
명협 (蓂莢, myeonghyeop)
약협 (藥莢, yakhyeop)
조협 (皁莢, johyeop)
패협 (貝莢, paehyeop)

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 莢