Kanji1 / 5
甲 kanji
armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
コウカン
Kun readings
きのえ
Words with 甲
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —甲Popularcarapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand; the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents)
- —甲乙Popularfirst and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination
- —甲種PopularA-grade; first-class
- —装甲Populararmoring; armouring; armor; armour
- —甲状腺Popularthyroid (gland)
- —甲子園PopularKoshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien
- —華甲60th birthday; age of 60
- —介甲crust-like shell
- —機甲armour (e.g. tank); armor
- —亀甲tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern; tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)
- —甲殻carapace; shell; crust
- —甲高(feet) with a high instep; having a high instep; shoes or socks with a high instep
- —甲巡armored cruiser; armoured cruiser
- —甲卒armored warrior; armoured warrior
- —甲鉄armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate
- —甲兵arms; war; armed warrior
- —甲夜first division of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)
- —甲羅shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron; (person's) back; years of experience
- —全甲all-A (student)
- —甲虫beetle