甲 jiǎ

1. jiǎ noun armor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Protective armor made from leather or metal; as in 铠甲 (Guoyu '甲' n 2; Kroll 2015 '甲' 3, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 2)
2. jiǎ adjective first
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 甲等 first-class (Guoyu '甲' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '甲' 5, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Wu and Tee 2015, 1465)
3. jiǎ proper noun First Heavenly Stem
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Heavenly Stem 天干
   Notes: (Guoyu '甲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '甲' 4, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 1)
4. jiǎ noun Kangxi radical 102
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Alternate form for 田 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
5. jiǎ noun finger and toe nails; claw; talon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 指甲 'fingernail' and 脚趾甲 'toenail' (Guoyu '甲' n 5; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2b, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 4)
6. jiǎ noun shell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 硬壳; for example, 龟甲 'tortoise shell' (Guoyu '甲' n 4; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2, p. 193; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 3)
7. jiǎ noun administrative unit; a group of ten households
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In imperial China (Guoyu '甲' n 7; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; XHZD '甲' 6)
8. jiǎ noun sheath
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Outer protective sheath for sprouting plants (Kroll 2015 '甲' 1, p. 193)
9. jiǎ pronoun anonymous character
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For an unknown or fictionary figure; for example, 某甲 'a certain person' (Guoyu '甲' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '甲' 6, p. 193)
10. jià noun a class of animals with shells
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For an unknown or fictionary figure (Guoyu '甲' jià; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2a, p. 193)
11. jiǎ noun soldier
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 军人 or 兵士 (Guoyu '甲' n 3)
12. jiǎ noun military armor
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Modern military armor; for example, 装甲车 'armored car' (Guoyu '甲' n 6)
13. jiǎ measure word a unit of land
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used in Taiwan; equal to 9 公顷 hectares (Guoyu '甲' n 8)
14. jiǎ verb exeeding the norm /to be outstanding
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 超出群众; for example, the idiom 富甲天下 'exceedingly wealthy' (Guoyu '甲' v)
15. jiǎ noun armor; kavaca
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kavaca, Japanese: kou, or: kan (BCSD '甲', p. 844; MW 'kavaca'; SH '甲', p. 197; Unihan '甲')

Contained in

• 索甲仁波切 Sogyal Rinpoche
• 甲马(甲馬) armored soldiers and horses ; a picture of a deity or Buddha
• 青甲 blue kasaya ; unperturbed mind; meditative concentration
• 甲日·洛迪 Lodi Gyari; Gyari Rinpoche
• 十种被甲(十種被甲) ten ways to put on armor
• 甲刹(甲剎) main temple

Also contained in

戎甲 、 束甲 、 甲壳虫 、 软甲纲 、 学甲 、 三氯甲烷 、 过氧苯甲酰 、 铁甲船 、 甲虫 、 甲等 、 登甲第 、 酚甲烷 、 甲氧基 、 咬甲癖 、 寸甲不留 、 救生艇甲板 、 甲帐 、 前三甲 、 奇门遁甲 、 甲壳动物 、 花甲 、 甲板 、 甲榜 、 甲仙 、 丢盔撩甲 、 坚甲利兵 、 甲级流氓 、 铁甲武士 、 装甲车 、 保甲法 、 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 、 甲紫 、 某甲 、 擐甲执锐 、 氯甲烷 、 甲硝唑 、 被甲 、 甲状旁腺 、 甲硫氨酸 、 洗甲水 、 金甲 、 甲磺磷定 、 甲方 、 花甲之年 、 擐甲披袍

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 27
• Scroll 1 Tan Wu De Lu Bu Za Jiemo 曇無德律部雜羯磨 — count: 20
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 20
• Scroll 1 Mahīśāsakakarman (Mi Sha Sai Jiemo Ben) 彌沙塞羯磨本 — count: 19
• Scroll 3 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 18
• Scroll 1 Jiemo 羯磨 — count: 17
• Scroll 16 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 16 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 15
• Scroll 2 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 15
• Scroll 30 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 14

Collocations

• 精进甲 (精進甲) 披精進甲 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 31
• 甲上 (甲上) 世尊甲上土甚少少耳 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 22
• 大悲甲 (大悲甲) 是菩薩摩訶薩被大悲甲 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 456 — count: 12
• 无边甲 (無邊甲) 能被無邊甲 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 21 — count: 6
• 赤铜甲 (赤銅甲) 手足赤銅甲 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 密甲 (密甲) 刺堅密甲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 78 — count: 4
• 施甲 (施甲) 著大施甲被精進鎧 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 忍辱甲 (忍辱甲) 身被忍辱甲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 62 — count: 4
• 甲持 (甲持) 著甲持仗 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 8 — count: 3
• 金刚甲 (金剛甲) 此法名為金剛甲 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 8 — count: 3