甲
jiǎ
HSK level: HSK 5
Meaning
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shí tiān gān; (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)
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Examples
甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。
Jiǎ zhī mì táng, yǐ zhī pī shuāng.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Words with this character
指甲 zhǐ jia fingernail六甲 Liù jiǎ place name西甲 Xī Jiǎ La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system意甲 Yì Jiǎ Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system保甲 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲 jiǎ and jia are grouped in bao 保 bǎo鳖甲 biē jiǎ turtle shell卜甲 bǔ jiǎ oracle tortoise shell二甲 èr jiǎ 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination龟甲 guī jiǎ tortoise shell护甲 hù jiǎ armor花甲 huā jiǎ 60 years机甲 jī jiǎ mecha甲胺 jiǎ àn methylamine甲板 jiǎ bǎn deck甲苯 jiǎ běn toluene C6H5CH3甲辰 jiǎ chén 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024甲虫 jiǎ chóng beetle甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol甲等 jiǎ děng grade A甲第 jiǎ dì residence of a noble甲方 jiǎ fāng party A甲酚 jiǎ fēn cresol甲肝 jiǎ gān hepatitis A