甲
HSK 5 · Advanced
甲 Stroke Order: How to Write 甲
- Pinyin
- jiǎ
- Meaning
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); armor plating
- Total strokes
- 5
More meanings
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 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 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
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Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
5 strokes甲 — 5 strokes
Radical: 田 tián (field, farm, arable land)
Strokes in order
- 1.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 2.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.竖shù · Vertical stroke