Chinese symbol for “carapace”
甲壳
jiǎ qiào
Traditional: 甲殼
carapace; crust; outer shell; also pr. [jia3 ke2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carapace is 甲壳 (jiǎ qiào), defined as: carapace; crust; outer shell; also pr. [jia3 ke2].
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “carapace”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 甲壳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 装甲 (裝甲) | zhuāng jiǎ | vehicle armor |
| 指甲 | zhǐ jia | fingernail |
| 甲板 | jiǎ bǎn | deck (of a ship or boat) |
| 装甲车 (裝甲車) | zhuāng jiǎ chē | armored car; 辆 (liàng) |
| 甲状腺 (甲狀腺) | jiǎ zhuàng xiàn | (anatomy) thyroid gland |
| 铠甲 (鎧甲) | kǎi jiǎ | armor |
| 外壳 (外殼) | wài ké | envelope; outer shell |
| 贝壳 (貝殼) | bèi ké | shell (of a mollusk) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carapace”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.