甲

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

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jiǎ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
- (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
- nail
  of the fingers or toes
- bladed leather or metal armor (old)
- ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
- civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎojiǎ system (old)
- ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Other words read jiǎ

In the same tone

假 jiǎ fake
贾 jiǎ surname Jia
钾 jiǎ potassium
岬 jiǎ cape
婽 jiǎ good

All 13 words read jiǎ

jia with other tones

家 jiā home
加 jiā add
架 jià support
价 jià price
夹 jiā place in between

All 48 words read jia in any tone

Other words read jiǎ

In the same tone

假 jiǎ fake
賈 jiǎ surname Jia
鉀 jiǎ potassium
岬 jiǎ cape
婽 jiǎ good

All 13 words read jiǎ

jia with other tones

家 jiā home
加 jiā add
架 jià support
價 jià price
夾 jiā place in between

All 48 words read jia in any tone

How 甲 is written

部首 radical: 田
笔画 strokes: 5

Easy to confuse with 甲

Words with 甲

Starting with 甲

甲板 jiǎbǎn deck
甲鱼 jiǎyú softshell turtle
甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén oracle script
甲状腺 jiǎzhuàngxiàn thyroid gland
甲午战争 jiǎwǔzhànzhēng First Sino-Japanese War

All 67 words starting with 甲

Ending with 甲

装甲 zhuāngjiǎ vehicle armor
指甲 zhǐjia fingernail
披甲 pījiǎ don armor
铁甲 tiějiǎ mail plating
三甲 sānjiǎ 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination

All 50 words ending with 甲

Containing 甲

装甲车 zhuāngjiǎchē armored car
马六甲海峡 mǎliùjiǎhǎixiá Strait of Malacca
苯甲酸 běnjiǎsuān benzoic acid C6H5COOH
过氧化苯甲酰 guòyǎnghuàběnjiǎxiān benzoil peroxide
破甲弹 pòjiǎdàn armor piercing shell

All 57 words containing 甲

Words with 甲

Starting with 甲

甲板 jiǎbǎn deck
甲魚 jiǎyú softshell turtle
甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén oracle script
甲狀腺 jiǎzhuàngxiàn thyroid gland
甲午戰爭 jiǎwǔzhànzhēng First Sino-Japanese War

All 67 words starting with 甲

Ending with 甲

裝甲 zhuāngjiǎ vehicle armor
指甲 zhǐjia fingernail
披甲 pījiǎ don armor
鐵甲 tiějiǎ mail plating
三甲 sānjiǎ 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination

All 50 words ending with 甲

Containing 甲

裝甲車 zhuāngjiǎchē armored car
馬六甲海峽 mǎliùjiǎhǎixiá Strait of Malacca
苯甲酸 běnjiǎsuān benzoic acid C6H5COOH
過氧化苯甲酰 guòyǎnghuàběnjiǎxiān benzoil peroxide
破甲彈 pòjiǎdàn armor piercing shell

All 57 words containing 甲

The words 甲 counts as a measure word

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