甲
Details
- Definition: first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干, (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 甲 system (old), ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- HSK Level: 5
- Frequency Rank: 2984
- Alternate Forms: 甲
- Notes: POS: n, Mg, m
Variants
甲
- Pinyin: jiǎ
- English Definitions: first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干, (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 甲 system (old), ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- Notes: Classifiers:
Other transcriptions: numeric: jia3, wadegiles: chia³, bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄚˇ, romatzyh: jea