甲
jiǎ
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
- Strokes
- 5
- Level
- HSK 5 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,439
How to write 甲, stroke by stroke
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What 甲 means
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (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 保甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
Made of 冂
Words with 甲
- 指甲zhǐ jiafingernail
- 甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a boat etc)
- 盔甲kuī jiǎarmor; body armor and helmet
- 装甲zhuāng jiǎvehicle armor
- 甲虫jiǎ chóngbeetle
- 装甲车zhuāng jiǎ chēarmored car
- 指甲油zhǐ jia yóunail polish
- 甲烷jiǎ wánmethane CH4
- 甲子jiǎ zǐfirst year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支); the sixty-year cycle
- 马甲mǎ jiǎcorset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect)
- 修指甲xiū zhǐ jiamanicure
- 铠甲kǎi jiǎarmor
甲 in a sentence
tā yǒu yǎo zhǐ jiǎ de xí guàn 。
She has a habit of biting her nails.
tā zhàn zài jiǎ bǎn shàng ， cháng tóu fa suí fēng fēi wǔ 。
She stood on the deck with her long hair waving in the wind.
wǒ xǐ huan jiǎ chóng 。
I like beetles.
xǐ jiǎ shuǐ de wèi dào hěn nán wén 。
Nail polish remover stinks a lot.
jiǎ zhī mì táng ， yǐ zhī pī shuāng 。
One man's meat is another man's poison.