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HSK 6
甲
jiǎ
1.
first of the ten Heavenly Stems [[十天干<shítiāngān>]]
2.
(used for an unspecified person or thing)
3.
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
4.
letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
5.
armor plating
6.
shell or carapace
7.
(of the fingers or toes) nail
8.
bladed leather or metal armor (old)
9.
ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
10.
civil administration unit (old)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一甲
yījiǎ
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. [[狀元|状元<zhuàngyuán>]], [[榜眼<bǎngyǎn>]], and [[探花<tànhuā>]], respectively)
三甲
sānjiǎ
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
二甲
èrjiǎ
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
六甲
Liùjiǎ
Liuchia township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
卜甲
bǔjiǎ
oracle tortoise shell
大甲
Dàjiǎ
Tachia town in Taichung county [[臺中縣|台中县<Táizhōngxiàn>]], Taiwan
学甲
Xuéjiǎ
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
戎甲
róngjiǎ
weapons and armor
披甲
pījiǎ
to don armor
指甲
zhǐjia
fingernail
某甲
mǒujiǎ
somebody
甲乙
jiǎyǐ
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems [[十天干<shítiāngān>]]
甲亢
jiǎkàng
hyperthyroidism
甲仙
Jiǎxiān
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
甲冑
jiǎzhòu
variant of [[甲胄<jiǎzhòu>]]
甲午
jiǎwǔ
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
甲型
jiǎxíng
type A
甲基
jiǎjī
methyl group (chemistry)
甲子
jiǎzǐ
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems [[天干<tiāngān>]] and one of the 12 earthly branches [[地支<dìzhī>]])
甲寅
jiǎyín
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,105
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,568 of 84,292