莢 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiá

pods of leguminous plants

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夾 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夾 Sound component

jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	keːb

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

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夹 Sound component

jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

艸實。从艸夾聲。