甲: Armor; High (voice); A GradeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (コウ・カン)

• 甲こうcarapace; shell
• 装甲そうこうarmoring; armouring
• 甲状腺こうじょうせんthyroid gland
• 手の甲てのこうback of the hand
• 甲乙こうおつfirst and second; A and B
• 甲種こうしゅA-grade; first-class
• 甲羅こうらshell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace
• 甲骨文こうこつぶんoracle bone script
• 甲高いかんだかいhigh-pitched; shrill
• べっ甲べっこうtortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko
• べっ甲あんべっこうあんtortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.
• べっ甲餡べっこうあんtortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.
• イカの甲イカのこうcuttlebone
• 亀の甲かめのこうtortoise shell
• 亀の甲より年の功かめのこうよりとしのこうthe older, the wiser
• 亀の甲より年の劫かめのこうよりとしのこうthe older, the wiser
• 介甲かいこうcrust-like shell
• 全甲ぜんこうall-A (student)
• 六甲おろしろっこうおろしcold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains
• 六甲颪ろっこうおろしcold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains
• 兵甲へいこうweapons and armour
• 副甲状腺ふくこうじょうせんparathyroid
• 副甲状腺ホルモンふくこうじょうせんホルモンparathyroid hormone; parathormone
• 同甲どうこうsame age
• 徹甲弾てっこうだんarmor piercing ammunition; armour piercing ammunition
• 手っ甲てっこうcovering for the back of the hand and wrist
• 挂甲けいこうarmor made from small iron plates bound by leather cords (from Kofun to Nara periods)
• 指甲花しこうかhenna
• 機甲きこうarmour (e.g. tank); armor
• 甲と乙こうとおつthe former and the latter; A and B
• 甲の薬は乙の毒こうのくすりはおつのどくone man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison
• 甲乙つけがたいこうおつつけがたいdifficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better
• 甲乙丙こうおつへいABC; 1, 2 and 3
• 甲乙丙丁こうおつへいていA, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth
• 甲乙付けがたいこうおつつけがたいdifficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better
• 甲乙付け難いこうおつつけがたいdifficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better

Other readings

• 甲板かんぱんdeck (of a ship)
• やり甲斐やりがいbeing worth doing
• 亀甲きっこうtortoise shell
• 生き甲斐いきがいreason for living; something one lives for
• 甲冑かっちゅうarmor and helmet (armour)
• 甲斐かいeffect; result
• し甲斐しがいworthy of; worth doing
• 上甲板じょうかんぱんupper deck
• 不甲斐ないふがいないgood-for-nothing; spineless
• 不甲斐無いふがいないgood-for-nothing; spineless
• 中甲板ちゅうかんぱんmain deck
• 亀甲模様きっこうもようhexagonal pattern
• 亀甲獣骨文字きっこうじゅうこつもじoracle bone script
• 亀甲縛りきっこうしばりtortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
• 友達甲斐ともだちがいtrue friendship
• 年甲斐としがいone's age
• 年甲斐もないとしがいもないunbecoming; unsuitable
• 年甲斐も無いとしがいもないunbecoming; unsuitable
• 後甲板こうかんぱんafterdeck
• 手甲てっこうcovering for the back of the hand and wrist
• 正甲板せいかんぱんmain deck
• 烏賊の甲イカのこうcuttlebone
• 生甲斐いきがいreason for living; something one lives for
• 甲イカこういかgolden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)

Showing the 60 most common of 186 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 甲

• 状
• 板
• 腺
• 乙
• 装
• 亀
• 羅
• 無
• 骨
• 年