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
- —甲虫目Coleoptera (the order of insects containing beetles)
- —鼈甲蜂spider wasp; pompilid
- —翼甲類pteraspids (extinct armoured jawless fishes)
- —鉄甲船iron-reinforced warships built by Oda Nobunaga
- —鼻甲介nasal concha; nasal turbinate; turbinate (bone); turbinal
- —甲虫類beetles; coleopterans; coleoptera
- —指甲花henna
- —鐶甲鋲round-headed tack
- —肩甲棘scapular spine; spine of the scapula; spina scapulae
- —装甲艦armored warship; armor-clad ship
- —耳甲介concha (of the ear)
- —鱗甲目pangolin
- —重装甲heavy armor
- —甲子園Kōshien (district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, location of Koshien Stadium)
- —甲板渡しfree on board; FOB
- —甲論乙駁arguments pro and con
- —甲羅干しbasking (of animals with a shell or carapace, esp. turtles); sunbathing on one's stomach
- —甲状腺炎thyroiditis
- —甲乙丙丁A, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth
- —装甲部隊armored corps; armoured corps