三甲

1. • 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
2. • A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三级甲等 sānjíjiǎděng)

     hospital ranking

Character by character

• 三(sān)three
• 甲(jiǎ)first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān