The kanji 甲: meaning, readings and stroke order

甲

Meaning: shell, first
On reading: コウ kou、カン kan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 田 field
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vỏ cứng, hạng nhất (giáp)
Japanese: かたいから。いちばんめ。
Korean: 껍데기, 첫째 (갑)
Chinese: 甲壳、第一

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

甲こう板ばん
deck (of a ship)
船の 甲こう板ばんに出ます。
I go out onto the deck of the ship.

カン kan · on reading · less common

甲かん高だかい
high-pitched, shrill
遠くから 甲かん高だかい 声が聞こえます。
I hear a high-pitched voice from far away.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.