What is the Kanji for "Shell", "Armor", "The first", "Turtle shell", and "A"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Shell", "Armor", "The first", "Turtle shell", and "A", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Shell", "Armor", "The first", "Turtle shell", and "A" is "甲".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Ka".

Its onyomi readings are "Kou" and "Kan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "田" means "Rice field" and can be read as "Den" and "Ta". And The component "｜" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "甲" mean in japanese?

"甲" means "Shell", "Armor", "The first", "Turtle shell", and "A".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

甲: "Shell". The Japanese noun '甲 (こう)' refers to the hard, protective outer covering of various organisms, such as insects, crustaceans, and turtles. It is often used to describe the carapace or exoskeleton of these creatures. This word can also be used figuratively to describe something that is hard, strong, or protective, like armor. For example: The turtle's shell is its strong shell - (カメの甲はその丈夫な甲である). The insect's hard shell - (むしの頑丈な甲)

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.