# 莢

| 莢 | U+83A2, &#33698; 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 4490$_8$, composition ⿱艹夾)

#### Derived characters

* 𠞦

#### 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
### 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
    (Pinyin): jiá (jia$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap$^3$ / haap$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiap / koeh / goeh / ngeh / ngoeh / keh
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$ciq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^2$
*** Yale: jyá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaap$^3$ / haap$^3$
*** Yale: gaap / haap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaap$^8$ / haap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gab$^3$ / hab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/
* 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/
* 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
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kiep̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gip$^3$ |
* 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
* (Hokkien) Classifier for pod of legumes.
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for bananas.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 根, 個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 根 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 條, 隻 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 莢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 莢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 莢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 莢 |

#### Compounds

* 堯階蓂莢 / 尧阶蓂荚
* 榆莢 / 榆荚
* 榆莢雨 / 榆荚雨
* 波斯皁莢 / 波斯皂荚
* 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

| Shinjitai (extended) | 荚 |
| Kyūjitai | 莢 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* pod
* hull
* husk
* shell
* case

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* 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 kep).

### Pronunciation

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 莢 (eumhun 꼬투리 협 (kkoturi hyeop))
* pod (of soybean)
* Lespedeza cuneata
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#### Compounds

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

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 莢