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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 甲壳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
甲壳 jiǎ qiào - carapace
- crust
- outer shell
- also pr. [jia3 ke2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,342 29,352 23,658

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiǎ- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- (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[bao3 jia3] system (old)
- ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
qiào- variant of 殼|壳[qiao4]
- (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
- case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
qiào- (bound form) shell
- Taiwan pr. [ke2]

Other Words Containing 甲壳

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
甲壳 - - 9,342 29,352 23,658