莢 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

pod, hull, husk, shell, case

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• キョウ

Kun (native)

• さや

Other languages

• 拼音jia2
• 한글hyeob
• Hán-ViệtGiáp

infoBasics

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+83A2

grid_viewComponents

• 人ひと
• 大だい
• 艹くさかんむり

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹夾

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 莢さやpod (e.g. a pea pod), shell, hull
• 莢迷ガマズミlinden arrowwood (Viburnum dilatatum), Japanese bush cranberry
• 莢膜きょうまく一部の細菌の外側を覆う粘性があるゲル状の膜。多糖類などからなり、菌本体を保護する。(bacterial) capsule, ovarian follicle sheath, theca
• 莢豆さやまめlegume, legumen, leguminous plant
• 莢隠元さやいんげん隠元豆のうち莢のついた未熟のもの。食用。green beans, French beans, string beans
• 莢豌豆さやえんどうsnow pea, mangetout

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-7

Four Corner

4443.8

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k8.3

Nelson

3953