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

甲 stroke order diagram
甲 stroke order animation

Words containing 甲

Word Meaning
methyl chloride CH3Cl
cyanobenzyl bromide
nail polish remover
gold armor everywhere; Curse of Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower; city in golden armor
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
methylene glycol
Jiaxian, a township in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jiaxian Township in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jiaxian Township, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
variant of jiǎ zhòu
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
type A; alpha-; type I
alpha globulin; alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
hepatitis A
methamphetamine
methamphetamine
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
outer shell; carapace; crust
crustacean
crustacean
chitin