甲 in English jia3 Meaning

Meanings

  • first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  • (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  • first (in a list, as a party to a contract and so on)
  • letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" and so on
  • armor plating
  • shell or carapace
  • (of the fingers or toes) nail
  • bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  • ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  • civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Simplified Characters

甲

Traditional Characters

甲

Pinyin

jia3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

甲jia3first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]