甲

jiǎ

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Radical: 田 HSK 5 n, Mg, m

Components & Etymology

甲 decomposes into the following components:

冂

Words containing 甲

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 甲.

一甲
yī jiǎ
三甲
sān jiǎ
二甲
èr jiǎ
保甲
bǎo jiǎ
六甲
liù jiǎ
Liuchia township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
卜甲
bǔ jiǎ
oracle tortoise shell
意甲
yì jiǎ
戎甲
róng jiǎ
weapons and armor
护甲
hù jiǎ
披甲
pī jiǎ
to don armor
指甲
zhǐ jia
fingernail
机甲
jī jiǎ

Related characters (radical 田)

Characters that share the radical 田.

毗 田 由 申 甴 男 甸 甹 町 画 甾 畀 畈 畋 界 畎 畏 畐 畔 留 畚 畛 畜 畝

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