懂中文 Dong Chinese

荚

jiá

pods of leguminous plants

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

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夹 sound component

夹  Sound component

jiā, jiá, jià

  

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

荚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
荚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
荚 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
荚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

荚 (莢) 

jiá

pods of leguminous plants; pods; pod (botany)

Most common words with 荚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荚

pod (botany)

豆荚

pod (of legumes)

荚果

seed pod

皂荚

Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)