甲	628A55   41.22	部居	畫數  5	ㄐㄧㄚˇ [jia3]  (*ㄐㄧㄚˋ [jia4] ).
N	(1)  (Also *[jia4]) the first of the ten characters in 天干 decimal cycle, see Appendix A; 甲子 [jia3zi3]↓; 花甲 sixty years of age. (2)  A suit of armor: 鎧甲 (AC) battle armor; 盔甲 helmet; 甲冑 [jia3zhou2]↓. (3)  Nails: 指甲 fingernails. (4)  A natural or artificial shell: 甲蟲 [jia3chong2]↓; 龜甲 tortoise shell; 鐵甲船 an ironclad; 鐵甲車 an armored car, tank; 裝甲兵 an armored force or units. (5)  A unit of land measure in Taiwan equal to 0.96992 hectare. (6)  A unit of civil administration: 保甲 the basic unit of local self-government; 保甲制度 such a system. (7)  A substitute word for an indefinite person or thing: 某甲 Mr. “X”; 甲校 “X” school.
Adj	First: 甲組，甲班 the first section, class; 甲等 of the best quality.
V	Be better than, excel: 甲天下 number one in the world.
Words	1.甲板 [jia2ban3], n., the deck of a ship.  2.甲榜 [jia2bang3], n., formerly, Grade A in the highest government examination.  3.甲兵 [jia3bing1], n., (1)  a fully armed soldier; (2)  military force in gen.  4.甲蟲 [jia3chong2], n., crustaceans.  5.甲第 [jia3di4], n., (1)  an influential family; (2)  rankings in government examinations.  6.甲骨文 [jia2gu3wen2], n., anc. script on tortoise shells or bones.  7.甲長 [jia2zhang3], n., a neighborhood chief.  8.甲冑 [jia3zhou2], n., armor.  9.甲狀腺 [jia3zhuang4xian4], n., (physiol.) the thyroid gland: 甲狀腺腫大 goiter.  10.甲馬 [jia2ma3], n., (1)  armor and horses; (2)  painted images of Buddha on paper.  11.甲士 [jia3shi4], n., armored soldiers.  12.甲子 [jia2zi3], n., (1)  a person's age; (2)  a cycle of sixty years.  13.甲魚 *[jia4yU2], n., the turtle.