甲

meaning for 甲 jiǎ:

• - 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°deck (of a boat etc)armored car
• - Classifiers: 辆 first party (law)
• - see also 乙方 oracle script
• - oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)methyl alcohol
• - methanol CH3OH
• - wood alcohol
• - wood spirit