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
卜甲
bǔ jiǎ
意甲
yì jiǎ
戎甲
róng jiǎ
护甲
hù jiǎ
披甲
pī jiǎ
指甲
zhǐ jia
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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