Keyword
outer shell
- armor
- high (voice)
- A grade
- first class
- former
- instep
- carapace
- Frequency
- #1073
- Strokes
- 5
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1194
Readings
コウ78%
カン22%
Mnemonic
A turtle ducks its head down inside, leaving only its domed outer shell gleaming in the sun like armor.
Stroke order
Used in kanji
単single押push里home village鴨duck岬cape (on coast)单匣small case呷sip狎get used to柙cage禺long-tailed monkey胛shoulder blade婁tie together舺place name in Taiwan單single [old]鉀Potassium (element)閘water gate厴shell
Used in vocabulary
甲
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand; the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents)
Noun
甲子園
Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien
Noun
甲斐
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail
Noun
遣り甲斐
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
Noun
甲斐
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail
Suffix
亀甲
tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern; tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)
Noun