甲 — kanji meaning “armor”
甲
armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
- Meanings
- armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)、カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- きのえ
- Name readings
- かぶと、き、まさ、まさる
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1073 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- jiǎ — Chinese character page
Words with 甲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲板 | かんぱん kanpan | deck (of a ship) |
| 装甲 | そうこう soukou | armoring; armouring; armor |
| 甲状腺 | こうじょうせん koujousen | thyroid (gland) |
| 甲子園 | こうしえん koushien | Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) |
| 甲羅 | こうら koura | shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron |
| 甲高い | かんだかい kandakai | high-pitched; shrill |
| 甲斐 | かい kai | result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value |
| 甲乙 | こうおつ kouotsu | first and second; A and B |
| 甲種 | こうしゅ koushu | A-grade; first-class |
| 甲子園 | こうしえん koushien | Kōshien (district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, location of Koshien Stadium) |
| 手の甲 | てのこう tenokou | back of the hand |
| 甲冑 | かっちゅう katchuu | armor and helmet |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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