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Kanji Detail for 甲 - "first, armor, shell"
甲
- Meaning
甲 means "first, armor, shell."
First - The first in order or rank.
Shell - Turtle shell; hard outer covering.
Armor - Helmet; protective gear. e.g., 甲冑.
Wood, East - In five elements, wood; in direction, east.
High pitch - A high tone of voice.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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 in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The first position of the ten Heavenly Stems. Anciently the ten stems were used to record sequence. Hence what is called first is all called 甲. Such as saying 富甲一鄉. Meaning to be the richest in a village. | A pronoun. When assuming a name for convenient reference, characters like 甲乙丙丁 are often used to substitute. Such as calling an unknown person 某甲 (so-and-so). | In imperial examinations, the palace examination ranked successful candidates as first, second, and third 甲 (rank). Hence the successful candidate list is called 甲榜 (first-rank list). The first rank had only the top scholar, second-place, and third-place, three people. Called 鼎甲 (tripod rank). | In the past, clothing worn during war. To protect against weapons. Made of leather or iron plates. | Insects with hard shells. Such as 龜甲 (tortoise shell), 鱉甲 (turtle shell). | 保甲 (local security system). Registering and checking household populations. Its method began with Wang Anshi of Song.
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Sentences including 甲
You make life worth living.
That was well worth the trouble.
I have nothing to live for.