jiǎ
甲 (jiǎ) is a Chinese word meaning “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)”.
Meanings
- 1first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- 2(used for an unspecified person or thing)
- 3first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
- 4letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- 5armor plating
- 6shell or carapace
- 7(of the fingers or toes) nail
- 8bladed leather or metal armor (old)
- 9ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
- 10civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)
- 11ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- Part of speech
- noun
Related words
指甲fingernail甲板deck (of a ship or boat)甲壳carapace盔甲armor装甲vehicle armor指甲油nail polish装甲车armored car甲子first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1])甲虫beetle甲烷methane CH4甲状腺(anatomy) thyroid gland马甲corset