荚 = 艹 + 夹

荚 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “pods of leguminous plants”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 夹 (be wedged or inserted between).

Keyword: pods of leguminous plants
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiá
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: стручки бобовых растений

Decomposition

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艹 grass
夹 be wedged or inserted between

How to find 荚 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “be wedged or inserted between”. 荚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 荚 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.