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  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
formylic acid (HCOOH) / formic acid / methanoic acid
methyl group (chemistry)
(anatomy) thyroid gland
toluene C6H5CH3 / methylbenzene
methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
beetle
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
softshell turtle
grade A / first-class
carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2]
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
beetle
hepatitis A
metronidazole (antibacterial agent) / Flagyl (trade name)
cresol (chemistry)
formaldehyde (HCHO)
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
first rate / top class / excellent
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
methyl ether CH3OCH3
21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
methane CH4
armor
(anatomy) parathyroid gland
type A / type I / alpha-
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支) / the sixty-year cycle
eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
deck (of a boat etc)
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
methamidophos (chemistry)
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
residence of a noble / top candidate in the imperial examinations
methamphetamine
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
variant of 甲胄
paronychia (medicine)
methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
methylamine
Volkswagen Beetle
hepatitis A
crustacean
methoxy (chemistry)
methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
hyperthyroidism / abbr. to 甲亢
a grade A war criminal
oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
alpha globulin / alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
methylene glycol
methamphetamine
chitin
insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
crustacean
methyalamino group
fenpropathrin (insecticide)
type A influenza / abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感 / refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009
thyroid hormone / thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
pralidoxime mesylate
gentian violet
armor


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