| Kanji | 甲 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | コウ、カン |
| Kunyomi | きのえ |
| Nanori | かぶと, き, まさ, まさる |
| English | armor, high (voice), A grade, 1st class, former, instep, carapace |
| Examples | 甲(こう): (1) carapace; shell (2) 1st in rank; grade A (3) instep; back of hand (4) the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party 生き甲斐(いきがい): something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être 甲(きのえ): first sign of the Chinese calendar |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1073 |
| Components | 田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) |
| Number of Strokes | 5 |
| Kanji Radical | 田 |
| Radical Number | 102 |
| Radical Strokes | 5 |
| Radical Reading | た・たへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 象形 Pictographic |
| Keyword | armor |
| Koohii Story 1 | Funny.. this appeared to me as a pictograph of a samurai´s armor. Then I looked up images of the samurai armor and it is not even remotely similar. Then I realised it looks in fact like the belly of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which I somehow associated with the samurai armor because of the "turtle samurai" that appeared earlier. Fits me. The bit that pokes down is to protect the genitals, I guess. |
| Koohii Story 2 | It looks like a bird´s eye view of a tank (modern armor). |
| RTK Index (new) | 1194 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_human.activities_fighting
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