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jiǎ(jia3) , jia // pronunciations of 甲 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 甲

Unihan definition: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem

Number of strokes: 5
Examples of other characters consisting of 5 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  102.0

HSK level: 5
Other HSK 5 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 5 charaters »

Frequency rank: 1106

General standard index number: 0239

Examples of words containing this character: 一甲, 三甲, 二甲, 六甲, 卜甲, 大甲, 学甲, 戎甲, 披甲, 指甲, 某甲, 甲乙, 甲亢, 甲仙, 甲冑, 甲午, 甲型, 甲基, 甲子, 甲寅, 甲戌, 甲方, 甲板, 甲壳, 甲流

English translation (based on CEDICT):

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 (old)

Details

Unicode code point: U+7532

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