甲
armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
5 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1073.
Readings
- コウ (on reading): 装甲 (そうこう) armoring; 甲 (こう) carapace
- カン (on reading): 甲板 (かんぱん) deck (of a ship); 飛行甲板 (ひこうかんぱん) flight deck
- きのえ (kun reading): 甲子 (きのえね) Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044); 甲午 (きのえうま) Wood Horse (31st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1954, 2014, 2074)
- Read as a whole word: 甲斐 (かい) result (that makes an act worthwhile); 不甲斐ない (ふがいない) good-for-nothing; 甲斐性 (かいしょう) resourcefulness
Components
Kanji containing 甲
- 単 simple
- 押 push
- 鴨 wild duck
- 岬 headland
- 匣 box
- 呷 sip
- 狎 get used to
- 胛 shoulder blade
- 單 one
- 閘 water gate
Words using 甲
- 装甲 (そうこう) armoring
- 甲 (こう) carapace
- 甲子園 (こうしえん) Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture)
- 装甲車 (そうこうしゃ) armoured vehicle
- 甲殻類 (こうかくるい) crustacean
- 甲板 (かんぱん) deck (of a ship)
- 飛行甲板 (ひこうかんぱん) flight deck
- 甲高い (かんだかい) high-pitched
- 甲声 (かんごえ) sharp high voice
- 甲走った (かんばしった) shrill
- 甲斐 (かい) result (that makes an act worthwhile)
- 不甲斐ない (ふがいない) good-for-nothing
- 甲斐性 (かいしょう) resourcefulness
- 年甲斐 (としがい) one's age
- 甲斐路 (かいじ) bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat
- 甲子 (きのえね) Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
- 甲午 (きのえうま) Wood Horse (31st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1954, 2014, 2074)
- 甲寅 (きのえとら) Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)
- 甲申 (きのえさる) Wood Monkey (21st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1944, 2004, 2064)
- 甲戌 (きのえいぬ) Wood Dog (11th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1934, 1994, 2054)
- 甲冑 (かっちゅう) armor and helmet
- 甲斐 (がい) result (that makes an act worthwhile)
- 甲冑師 (かっちゅうし) armorer
- 甲冑魚 (かっちゅうぎょ) armored fish
181 words in all.