甲 – Kanji details

Keyword

outer shell

Info

Frequency	Top 800-900
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 3
Heisig	1194
Readings	こう (50%) か (19%) かん (15%) が (7%) かっ (5%)
	かぶときのえよろいは

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a turtle with its head poking out downwards. You can clearly see its outer shell.

Used in kanji (13 in total)

push

single

home village

cape (on coast)

duck

???

small case

shoulder blade

tie together

water gate

get used to

single [old]

long-tailed monkey

Used in vocabulary (197 in total)

甲かん高だかい

high-pitched; shrill

甲こう

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

手ての甲こう

back of the hand

194 more...

Examples (9 in total)

船ふねには甲かん板ぱんが３みつあった。

The ship had three decks.

仕し事ごとが生いき甲が斐いです。

My work is my passion.

長なが生いきの秘ひ訣けつは、生いき甲が斐いを持もつ事ことだそうだ。

It is said that the secret of long life is to have something to live for.