| 4922 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2952 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 40946 | Morohashi |
| 6358 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鐶 【カン】 ring, link, open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)
- 鐶甲鋲 【カンコウビョウ】 round-headed tack
Kun reading compounds
- 手纏 【たまき】 bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow), bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 8a13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-13 | SKIP code |
| 8613.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-79-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9436 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1073 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 甲 【コウ】 carapace, shell, 1st in rank, grade A, instep, back of hand, the A party (e.g. in a contract), the first party, plaintiff (label in legal documents)
- 甲状腺 【コウジョウセン】 thyroid (gland)
- 装甲 【ソウコウ】 armoring, armouring, armor, armour
- 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoiseshell, tortoise shell, tortoiseshell pattern, honeycomb pattern, hexagonal pattern, tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)
- 甲 【カン】 treble range (in Japanese music), high note
- 甲板 【カンパン】 deck (of a ship)
Kun reading compounds
- 甲 【きのえ】 first sign of the Chinese calendar
- 甲戌 【きのえいぬ】 Wood Dog (11th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1934, 1994, 2054)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かぶと、 き、 まさ、 まさる
- Korean:
- gab
Spanish
- caparazón
- armadura
- voz alta
- primero
Portuguese
- armadura
- alto (voz)
- Um grau
- umterior
- peito do pé
- carapaça
French
- armure
- carapace
- haute (voix)
- premier ordre
- première classe
- ancien
- cou-de-pied
- signe du 1er tronc céleste
| 1243 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1071 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 92 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1082 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1540 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 184 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 982 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1016 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1816 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1331 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4293 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2169 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2923 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1122 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21725 | Morohashi |
| 3481 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3725 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1113 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1194 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1053 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 6050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7532 | Unicode hex code |
rivet, tack, thumbtack, (kokuji)
- Kun:
- びょう
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鋲 【びょう】 rivet, tack, thumbtack, drawing-pin, hobnail
- 鋲打ち機 【びょううちき】 riveter, riveting machine
- 鐶甲鋲 【かんこうびょう】 round-headed tack
- 画鋲 【がびょう】 drawing pin, thumb tack
Readings
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4862 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 40503 | Morohashi |
| 6277 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2763 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2785 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8a7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 8218.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 92f2 | Unicode hex code |