甲 – armor, high (voice), A grade

5 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1073 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 甲 means armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ、カン (kou, kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きのえ (kinoe). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 田 (no. 102).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	きのえ	kinoe

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 田 (Kangxi radical 102). Components: ｜・日・田.

Words using 甲

甲こうcarapace生き甲斐いきがいreason for living

Example sentences

甲の損は乙の得。

One man's gain is another man's loss.

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Kanji with the same radical

田界画男町由番申異留略畑畳畜

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