荚

See also: 莢

荚 U+835A, 荚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-835A ← 荙 [U+8359] CJK Unified Ideographs 荛 → [U+835B]

Translingual

Han character

荚 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大廿 (TKT), composition ⿱艹夹)

1. pods of leguminous plants
2. pods

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1031, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3202, character 4
• Unihan data for U+835A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 荚 – see 莢 (“pods of leguminous plants; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 莢).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	荚
Kyūjitai	莢

Kanji

荚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 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, 荚)
• Nanori: さや (saya)