莢
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See also: 荚
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Translingual
Han character
莢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿大人人 (TKOO), four-corner 44908, composition ⿱艹夾)
Derived characters
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
Chinese
| trad. | 莢 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 荚 | |
Glyph origin
| 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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap3 / haap3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiap / koeh / goeh / ngeh / ngoeh / keh
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7ciq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
- Wade–Giles: chia2
- Yale: jyá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
- Palladius: цзя (czja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaap3 / haap3
- Yale: gaap / haap
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaap8 / haap8
- Guangdong Romanization: gab3 / hab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
- Tâi-lô: kiap
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koeh
- Tâi-lô: kueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: koeq
- IPA (Xiamen): /kueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goeh
- Tâi-lô: gueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: goeq
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡueʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngeh
- Tâi-lô: ngeh
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngeq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note:
- kiap - literary;
- koeh/goeh/ngoeh/keh - vernacular (“pod; classifier for pod of legumes; classifier for bananas”);
- ngeh (“pod (Taiwan); classifier for pod of legumes (Taiwan, Xiamen); classifier for bananas (Taiwan)”).
- Middle Chinese: kep
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/
Definitions
莢
- pods of leguminous plants
- (Hokkien) Classifier for pod of legumes.
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for bananas.
Compounds
Japanese
| 荚 | |
| 莢 |
Kanji
莢
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
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 莢 (MC kep).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
莢 (eumhun 꼬투리 협 (kkoturi hyeop))
- pod (of soybean)
- Lespedeza cuneata
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