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
- —甲状腺ホルモンthyroid hormone
- —装甲兵員輸送車armored personnel carrier; APC
- —六甲ケーブル線Rokkou Cable Line
- —亀の甲より年の功the older, the wiser
- —副甲状腺ホルモンparathyroid hormone; parathormone
- —甲状腺機能低下症hypothyroidism
- —甲状腺機能亢進症hyperthyroidism
- —甲殻類アレルギーshellfish allergy
- —甲状腺刺激ホルモンthyroid-stimulating hormone; TSH; thyrotropin; thyrotrophin
- —副甲状腺機能低下症hypoparathyroidism
- —副甲状腺機能亢進症hyperparathyroidism
- —偽性副甲状腺機能低下症pseudohypoparathyroidism
- —蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘るto each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell
- —原発性副甲状腺機能亢進症primary hyperparathyroidism
- —花甲60th birthday; age of 60
- —龜甲tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern; tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)
- —甲らshell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron; (person's) back; years of experience
- —鼈甲tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
- —同甲same age
- —亀っ甲tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern; tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)