jiǎ jia

first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

HSK 5 #1106

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1106th character
Radical ⽥ (102.0)
Strokes 5
Index # 239

Definitions

甲 jiǎ
  1. 1. first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  2. 2. letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  3. 3. shell or carapace
  4. 4. (of the fingers or toes) nail
  5. 5. first of the ten Heavenly Stems shí tiān gān
  6. 6. (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  7. 7. armor plating
  8. 8. ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  9. 9. bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  10. 10. civil administration unit in the baojia bǎo jiǎ system (old)
  11. 11. ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Stroke order

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Words containing 甲

Word Meaning
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cacodylic acid; dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
xylene
armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
old community household security system
manicure
to lay down arms
Liuchia township in Tainan county tái nán xiàn, Taiwan
Liuchia township in Tainan county tái nán xiàn, Taiwan
top three
forward deck (of a boat)
parathyroid (Tw)
parathyroid (Tw)
parathyroid hormone (Tw)
parathyroid hormone (Tw)
oracle tortoise shell
onychophagia (nail biting)
Dajia, a district of Taichung, Taiwan
Dajia town in Taichung, Taiwan
Tachia town in Taichung county tái zhōng xiàn, Taiwan
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
Hsuehchia, town in Tainan, Taiwan
Xuejia, a district in Tainan, Taiwan
Xuejia town in Tainan, Taiwan