Chinese symbol for “pod”
荚
jiá
Traditional: 莢
pod (botany)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pod is 荚 (jiá), defined as: pod (botany).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pod”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 荚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豆荚 (豆莢) | dòu jiá | pod (of legumes) |
| 荚果 (莢果) | jiá guǒ | seed pod; legume |
| 皂荚 (皂莢) | zào jiá | Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) |
| 皂荚树 (皂莢樹) | zào jiá shù | Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) |
| 蓂荚 (蓂莢) | míng jiá | (mythology) auspicious plant whose leaves were said to grow and fall in a cycle marking the days of the month |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pod”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.