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甲 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「田」

道
3Junior high level ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「田」
On
コウ・カンこう・かん · kō · kan
Kun
きのえkinoe
Meaning
armour; first (grade)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From a tortoise shell: a hard covering, armour; also first in a sequence.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō甲乙こうおつ装甲車そうこうしゃ
Onカンかんkan甲板かんぱん甲高いかんだかい

「甲板」は，「コウハン」とも。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 甲板かんぱん

    deck (of a ship)

  • 甲乙こうおつ

    first and second

More words with this kanji

  • 甲乙丙こうおつへい
  • 甲斐かい
  • 甲冑かっちゅう
  • 鼈甲べっこう
  • 甲状腺腫こうじょうせんしゅ
  • 六甲颪ろっこうおろし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

船(ふね)の甲板(かんぱん)に出(で)て風(かぜ)を受(う)けた。

I went out on deck and felt the wind.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

甲乙甲板甲乙the la…板board畔levee畜livest…由reason申say田rice…孔hole巧skilfu…肝liver坑pit拘arrest
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Compound

Map of radical 田Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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