armor, high (voice), A grade, 1st class, former, instep, carapace

  • JLPT N1
  • 5 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 田
  • #1073 most frequent

Human Activities · Fighting

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
コウカン
Kun'yomi 訓読み
きのえ

Example words & Vocabulary

こう
(1) carapace; shell (2) 1st in rank; grade A (3) instep; back of hand (4) the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party
生き甲斐いきがい
reason for living
きのえ
1st in rank, first sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, instep, grade A

Example sentences 3

胴甲どうこう

They were body armors.

甲斐甲斐かいがいしく はたらく。

Work like a bee.

画塾の青甲社に入塾する。

He entered Shoko-sha, a private school of painting.