How to Write 甲 (jia / jiǎ) in Chinese — first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí

甲

jiǎ

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

HSK 5田田

1Stroke Order Animation

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2Readings & Meanings

jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

3Structure

甲

Overlapping structure重叠结构

甲 is built from 2 parts.

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4Common Words with 甲

一甲yī jiǎ

1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 状元[zhuàng yuán], 榜眼[bǎng yǎn], and 探花[tàn huā], respectively)

一甲子yī jiǎ zǐ

sixty years

三氯甲烷sān lù: jiǎ wán

chloroform CHCl3; trichloromethane

三甲sān jiǎ

3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination

下鼻甲xià bí jiǎ

inferior nasal conchae

丘逢甲Qiū Féng jiǎ

Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet

Other Characters Pronounced “jia”

家

jiāHSK 1

home; family; household

假

jiǎHSK 1

fake; false; counterfeit

加

JiāHSK 2

to add; to increase (in 增加)

price; cost (in 价格)

frame; rack; shelf (in 架子)

夹

jiāHSK 5

to press from either side

surname Jia

surname Jia

6Printable Worksheet

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甲

jiǎ

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

Common Words

yī jiǎ

一甲

1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 状元[zhuàng yuán], 榜眼[bǎng yǎn], and 探花[tàn huā], respectively)

yī jiǎ zǐ

一甲子

sixty years

sān lù: jiǎ wán

三氯甲烷

chloroform CHCl3; trichloromethane

sān jiǎ

三甲

3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination

xià bí jiǎ

下鼻甲

inferior nasal conchae

Qiū Féng jiǎ

丘逢甲

Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet

Tracing Practice

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