甲 jiǎ jia

armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem

HSK 5 #1106

DEFINITIONS

甲 jiǎ
  • 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
  • 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[bao3 jia3] system (old)
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

STROKES

甲 stroke order diagram
甲 stroke order animation

WORDS

指甲 zhǐ jia
HSK 6
fingernail
甲板 jiǎ bǎn deck (of a boat etc)
甲壳 jiǎ qiào carapace; crust; outer shell; also pr. [jia3 ke2]
盔甲 kuī jiǎ armor; body armor and helmet
装甲 zhuāng jiǎ vehicle armor
指甲油 zhǐ jia yóu nail polish
装甲车 zhuāng jiǎ chē armored car; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first 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
甲虫 jiǎ chóng beetle
甲烷 jiǎ wán methane CH4
甲状腺 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn thyroid gland
马甲 mǎ jiǎ corset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect)
甲基 jiǎ jī methyl group (chemistry)
趾甲 zhǐ jiǎ toenail
铠甲 kǎi jiǎ armor
甲醛 jiǎ quán formaldehyde (HCHO)
甲苯 jiǎ běn toluene C6H5CH3; methylbenzene
甲等 jiǎ děng grade A; first-class
甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH; wood alcohol; wood spirit
指甲剪 zhǐ jia jiǎn nail clipper
甲亢 jiǎ kàng hyperthyroidism; abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进[jia3 zhuang4 xian4 gong1 neng2 kang4 jin4]
甲级 jiǎ jí first rate; top class; excellent
甲状腺素 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn sù thyroid hormone; thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
苯甲酸 běn jiǎ suān benzoic acid C6H5COOH
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