甲 (gaap3 | jia3 {jia4}) : shell, nail

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甲

gaap3

jia3 {jia4}

[1] the first of the ten Celestial Stems [2] [n] armor; shell; nail, crust [3] most outstanding [4] a measure of lad in Taiwan (0.97 hectare) [5] first [6] a tithing, a group of ten families under the Tithing System introduced by Wang An-shih of the Sung dynasty

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 田 (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

甲

Don't confuse with:
由甴田申曱电曰

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 01:15

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手甲 sau2 gaap3 = finger nail

指甲 zi2 gaap3 zhi1 jia5 = nail (as in fingernail or toenail)

腳趾甲 goek3 zi2 gaap3 = toenail

甲骨文 gaap3 gwat1 man4 jia3 gu3 wen2 = oracle bone inscriptions

指甲鉗 zi2 gaap3 kim4*2 = nail-clipper 粵

甲板 gaap3 baan2 jia3 ban3 = deck

手指甲 sau2 zi2 gaap3 = fingernail

穿山甲 cyun1 saan1 gaap3 = Chinese pangolin

腳甲 goek3 gaap3 = toenail 粵

修甲 sau1 gaap3 = manicure 粵
See all 45 compounds (CantoDict reports 48 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 甲

甲乙丙丁
A, B, C and D

聽人講手指甲凹凹凸凸係表示健康有問題粵
I hear that uneven finger nails means that there are some health issues.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 甲
Unicode code for this character: U+7532 (off-site link)

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