Chinese Character 甲 Meanings and components.

Form

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 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: (tian2) which means: Surname Tian, .tian2surname Tian

In cangjie it is written with WL

How to write 甲

To writejia3first of … you should write a combination of yue1to speak , gun3radical in … arranged in a + shape:

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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 , looks as follow:

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°

Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

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