| 甲 | 628A55 41.22 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄐㄧㄚˇ [jia3] (*ㄐㄧㄚˋ [jia4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) (Also *[jia4]) the first of the ten characters in 天干 decimal cycle, see Appendix A; 甲子 [jia3zi3]↓; 花甲 sixty years of age. (2) A suit of armor: 鎧甲 (AC) battle armor; 盔甲 helmet; 甲冑 [jia3zhou2]↓. (3) Nails: 指甲 fingernails. (4) A natural or artificial shell: 甲蟲 [jia3chong2]↓; 龜甲 tortoise shell; 鐵甲船 an ironclad; 鐵甲車 an armored car, tank; 裝甲兵 an armored force or units. (5) A unit of land measure in Taiwan equal to 0.96992 hectare. (6) A unit of civil administration: 保甲 the basic unit of local self-government; 保甲制度 such a system. (7) A substitute word for an indefinite person or thing: 某甲 Mr. “X”; 甲校 “X” school. | |||||
| Adj. | First: 甲組，甲班 the first section, class; 甲等 of the best quality. | |||||
| V.t. | Be better than, excel: 甲天下 number one in the world. | |||||
| Words | 1. 甲板 [jia2ban3], n., the deck of a ship. 2. 甲榜 [jia2bang3], n., formerly, Grade A in the highest government examination. 3. 甲兵 [jia3bing1], n., (1) a fully armed soldier; (2) military force in gen. 4. 甲蟲 [jia3chong2], n., crustaceans. 5. 甲第 [jia3di4], n., (1) an influential family; (2) rankings in government examinations. 6. 甲骨文 [jia2gu3wen2], n., anc. script on tortoise shells or bones. 7. 甲長 [jia2zhang3], n., a neighborhood chief. 8. 甲冑 [jia3zhou2], n., armor. 9. 甲狀腺 [jia3zhuang4xian4], n., (physiol.) the thyroid gland: 甲狀腺腫大 goiter. 10. 甲馬 [jia2ma3], n., (1) armor and horses; (2) painted images of Buddha on paper. 11. 甲士 [jia3shi4], n., armored soldiers. 12. 甲子 [jia2zi3], n., (1) a person's age; (2) a cycle of sixty years. 13. 甲魚 *[jia4yU2], n., the turtle. | |||||