甲

armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem; first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (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

Strokes
5
Pinyin
jiǎ

Parts

Built from 甲

Words with 甲

  1. 一甲yī jiǎ · yijia1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)
  2. 三甲sān jiǎ · sanjia3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination; (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
  3. 二甲èr jiǎ · erjia2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
  4. 保甲bǎo jiǎ · baojiahistorical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3]
  5. 六甲liù jiǎ · liujia(place name)
  6. 十干shí gān · shigansame as 天干; the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
  7. 卜甲bǔ jiǎ · bujiaoracle tortoise shell
  8. 天干tiān gān · tianganthe 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
  9. 意甲yì jiǎ · yijiaSerie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
  10. 戎甲róng jiǎ · rongjiaweapons and armor
  11. 披甲pī jiǎ · pijiato don armor
  12. 指甲zhǐ jia · zhijiafingernail
  13. 某甲mǒu jiǎ · moujiasomebody; certain individual
  14. 机甲jī jiǎ · jijiamecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
  15. 甲乙jiǎ yǐ · jiayifirst two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  16. 甲亢jiǎ kàng · jiakanghyperthyroidism; abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进[jia3 zhuang4 xian4 gong1 neng2 kang4 jin4]
  17. 甲午jiǎ wǔ · jiawuthirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
  18. 甲型jiǎ xíng · jiaxingtype A; type I; alpha-
  19. 甲基jiǎ jī · jiajimethyl group (chemistry)
  20. 甲子jiǎ zǐ · jiazifirst year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]); the sixty-year cycle
  21. 甲寅jiǎ yín · jiayin51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
  22. 甲戌jiǎ xū · jiaxueleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
  23. 甲方jiǎ fāng · jiafangparty A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方[yi3 fang1], party B)
  24. 甲板jiǎ bǎn · jiabandeck (of a ship or boat)
  25. 甲壳jiǎ qiào · jiaqiaocarapace; crust; outer shell
  26. 甲流jiǎ liú · jialiutype A influenza (abbr. for 甲型流感[jia3 xing2 liu2 gan3]); (in the context of the 2009 pandemic) H1N1 influenza
  27. 甲烷jiǎ wán · jiawanmethane CH4
  28. 甲申jiǎ shēn · jiashen21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
  29. 甲第jiǎ dì · jiadiresidence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations
  30. 甲等jiǎ děng · jiadenggrade A; first-class

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences