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

WORDS

殼素 jiǎ qiào sù chitin
壳虫 jiǎ qiào chóng the Beatles (1960s UK pop group); beetle
殼蟲 jiǎ qiào chóng the Beatles (1960s UK pop group); beetle
壳虫类 jiǎ ké chóng lèi coleoptera
殼蟲類 jiǎ ké chóng lèi coleoptera
壳类 jiǎ qiào lèi crustacean
殼類 jiǎ qiào lèi crustacean
氧基 jiǎ yǎng jī methoxy (chemistry)
氧西林 jiǎ yǎng xī lín methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
氨基 jiǎ ān jī methyalamino group
氰菊酯 jiǎ qíng jú zhǐ fenpropathrin (insecticide)
流 jiǎ liú type A influenza; abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感; refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009
沟炎 jiǎ gōu yán paronychia (medicine)
溝炎 jiǎ gōu yán paronychia (medicine)
状 jiǎ zhuàng thyroid (gland)
狀 jiǎ zhuàng thyroid (gland)
状旁腺 jiǎ zhuàng páng xiàn parathyroid
狀旁腺 jiǎ zhuàng páng xiàn parathyroid
狀腺 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn thyroid gland
状腺功能亢进 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìn hyperthyroidism; abbr. to 甲亢[jia3 kang4]
狀腺功能亢進 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìn hyperthyroidism; abbr. to 甲亢[jia3 kang4]
狀腺素 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn sù thyroid hormone; thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
状腺肿 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn zhǒng goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
狀腺腫 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn zhǒng goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064