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甲

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • armor
  • high (voice)
  • A grade
  • first class
  • former
  • instep
  • carapace

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コウ
  • カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • きのえ
Strokes
5
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#734
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
田#102 · field

Components

Common Words

  • 甲こうNoun
    carapace, shell
  • 装甲そうこうNoun
    armoring, armouring, armor
  • 甲斐かいNoun
    result (that makes an act worthwhile), worth (in doing something), value
  • 甲板かんぱんNoun
    deck (of a ship)
  • 甲子園こうしえんNoun
    Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture)
  • 甲状腺こうじょうせんNoun
    thyroid (gland)
  • 生き甲斐いきがいNoun
    reason for living, something one lives for, purpose in life
  • 甲羅こうらNoun
    shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron

Practice in Kanjiru

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