甲
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Simplified
甲
Traditional
甲
Pinyin
jiǎ
Definition
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (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 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
他在手上画了甲
Tā zài shǒushang huàle jiǎ
He drew a '甲' on his hand
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甲子
jiǎ zǐ
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支); the sixty-year cycle
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