甲

See also: 申

Translingual

Etymology

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形): a turtle shell.

Han character

甲 (radical 102 田+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 田中 (WL), four-corner 6050₀)

1. armor, shell
2. fingernails
3. the first of the ten heavenly stems

References

• KangXi: page 758, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21725
• Dae Jaweon: page 1167, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2525, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7532

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Cantonese

Hanzi

甲 (Jyutping gaap3, Yale gaap3)

Noun

甲 (traditional and simplified, Jyutping gaap3)

1. armor

Adjective

甲 (traditional and simplified, Jyutping gaap3)

1. number one; first

Derived terms

• 鎧甲
• 盔甲
• 指甲
• 腳甲

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Japanese

Kanji

甲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō), かん (kan)
• Kun: よろい (yoroi), つめ (tsume), きのえ (kinoe)

Compounds

• 甲虫 (kōchū)

Noun

甲 (hiragana こう, romaji kō)

1. carapace, shell
2. first in rank
3. instep or the back of the hand
4. the first party

甲 (hiragana よろい, romaji yoroi)

1. armor

甲 (hiragana きのえ, romaji kinoe)

1. first sign of the Chinese calendar

甲 (hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. treble range

Alternative forms

• 鎧

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Korean

Hanja

甲 (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune-Reischauer kap, Yale kap)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

甲 (Pinyin jiǎ (jia3), shèng (sheng4), tián (tian2), yìng (ying4), Wade-Giles chia³, sheng⁴, t'ien², ying⁴)

Compounds

• 甲A
• 甲B
• 甲醇钠
• 甲基苯骈三氮唑
• 甲基硅油
• 甲基环硅氧烷
• 甲基磺酸
• 甲基磺酰胺
• 甲醚
• 甲醛
• 甲酸
• 甲酸钾
• 甲酸钠
• 甲酸乙酯
• 甲烷
• 甲烷氯化物

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Vietnamese

Han character

甲 (giáp, giẹp, kép, nháp, ráp)