甲
jiǎ HSK5

1st heavenly stem, fingernail

甲 jiǎ
first adjective
the first of the ten Heavenly Stems; used to denote the first item in a series (A, I, etc.) or an unspecified person (Party A)

他在考试中获得了甲等成绩。

tā zài kǎo​shì zhōng huò​dé le jiǎ​děng chéng​jì.

He received a Grade A in the exam.

administrative unit noun
an ancient civil administration unit in the baojia system or a ranking category in the Imperial examinations

这种甲的组织形式，曾是古代统治者管理地方的主要手段。

zhè zhǒng jiǎ de zǔ​zhī xíng​shì, céng shì gǔ​dài tǒng​zhì​zhě guǎn​lǐ dì​fāng de zhǔ​yào shǒu​duàn.

This 'jia' form of organization was once a primary means for ancient rulers to manage local areas.

compass point numeral
an ancient Chinese compass direction corresponding to 75 degrees

罗盘上的甲位代表七十五度方向。

luó​pán shàng de jiǎ wèi dài​biǎo qī​shí​wǔ dù fāng​xiàng.

The 'Jia' position on a compass represents the 75-degree direction.

nail noun
the hard covering at the end of a finger or toe

他由于受伤，大拇指的甲已经脱落了。

tā yóu​yú shòu​shāng, dà​mu​zhǐ de jiǎ yǐ​jīng tuō​luò le.

Due to an injury, his thumbnail has fallen off.

armor noun
protective covering such as armor plating, a hard shell, or a carapace

古代士兵穿着厚重的铁甲。

gǔ​dài shì​bīng chuān​zhe hòu​zhòng de tiě​jiǎ.

Ancient soldiers wore heavy iron armor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,106th most common 132.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,371st most common 53.1 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.9 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
89.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+7532

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)