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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)
甲骨
jiǎgǔ
tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination
马甲
mǎjiǎ
corset
甲辰
jiǎchén
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
甲铠
jiǎkǎi
armor
花甲
huājiǎ
complete sexagenary cycle
铁甲
tiějiǎ
mail plating
甲状
jiǎzhuàng
thyroid (gland)
甲虫
jiǎchóng
beetle
甲酚
jiǎfēn
cresol (chemistry)
甲醛
jiǎquán
formaldehyde (HCHO)
科甲
kējiǎ
imperial examinations
胸甲
xiōngjiǎ
breastplate
趾甲
zhǐjiǎ
toenail
铠甲
kǎijiǎ
armor
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>]])
甲板
jiǎbǎn
deck (of a boat etc)
甲肝
jiǎgān
hepatitis A
甲苯
jiǎběn
toluene C6H5CH3
甲烷
jiǎwán
methane CH4
甲方
jiǎfāng
first party (law)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,105
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,568 of 84,292