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
- —手甲covering for the back of the hand and wrist
- —鉄甲iron armor (armour); iron helmet
- —胸甲sternum; breastplate; plastron
- —遁甲type of astrology
- —背甲carapace
- —背甲back
- —甲皮carapace; shell; crust
- —甲板top board (of a table, counter, etc.); surface
- —挂甲armor made from small iron plates bound by leather cords (from Kofun to Nara periods)
- —甲府Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)
- —兵甲weapons and armour; soldier; battle; war
- —甲信Kōshin (region)
- —甲丸dome shape
- —腕甲brassard (armor); brassart; rerebrace; vambrace
- —短甲short metal body armor (early Kofun to early Heian periods)
- —肩甲scapular
- —被甲putting on armor and helmet; wearing armor; gas mask; bullet-protective cover or jacket made of cupronickel
- —義甲plectrum
- —爪甲nail plate; nail bed
- —甲介concha