Chinese Character 甲 Meanings and components.
Form
甲
Meaning
- 甲 meaning[3] in English
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 Etc).
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 甲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to speak (曰) , and radical in Chinese … (丨)
Its radical[1] is: 田 (tian2) which means: Surname Tian, .田
In cangjie it is written with WL
How to write 甲
To write甲 you should write a combination of 曰 , 丨 arranged in a + shape:
曰 + 丨 = 甲
甲 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 甲 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 甲, looks as follow:
甲
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: 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 Etc) . Letter 'A' Or Roman 'I' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . 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°