Read Edit View history 荚 jiá pods of leguminous plants Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 莢. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiá × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 莢 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荚 Simp strokes 荚 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荚 Simp strokes 荚 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 荚 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 183, 675 ], [ 237, 664 ], [ 733, 721 ], [ 827, 706 ] ], [ [ 326, 781 ], [ 381, 747 ], [ 405, 598 ] ], [ [ 601, 851 ], [ 642, 808 ], [ 565, 615 ] ], [ [ 315, 507 ], [ 683, 549 ] ], [ [ 300, 445 ], [ 401, 357 ] ], [ [ 639, 498 ], [ 660, 454 ], [ 564, 375 ] ], [ [ 141, 281 ], [ 203, 272 ], [ 761, 336 ], [ 864, 318 ] ], [ [ 437, 616 ], [ 499, 574 ], [ 483, 320 ], [ 450, 192 ], [ 373, 94 ], [ 160, 5 ] ], [ [ 504, 276 ], [ 717, 31 ], [ 882, -4 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M623,689Q819,689 829,696Q829,697 830,698Q836,708 820,722Q765,764 701,747Q674,743 645,737C607,731 607,731 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