The Radical: 甲


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Meaning
armor, shell    甲

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 4
duck, male prostitute (slang)

Left: armor, shell (The seedling cracks its shell/husk ), right: bird / (= with head , tail フ, and claws ))
Hard as an armor is (the beak) of this bird: The duck.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
to detain in custody, mortgage, to pawn

Left: hand , right: shell/armor (The seedling cracks its shell/husk )
The hand pushes into a "shell" when: detaining.

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JLPT HSK 5
armor, shell, fingernails
jiǎ
It is shown a root-seedling with its shell/husk
The seedling cracks the shell. (but with a reason which grows upwards.)

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
box
xiá
Left: framing , right: armor, shell (The seedling cracks its shell/husk )
A framing needs a certain strength (=armor) to serve as a box.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
gear, brake, sluice, electric switch
zhá
Outside: gate /門, inside: armor, shield (The seedling cracks its shell/husk )
(It can be open or closed) The gate is like a switchable shielding, switchable just like: the gear of a gearbox.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
potassium
jiǎ
Left: metal 钅/, right: armor, shell (The seedling cracks its shell/husk )
(when using as fertilizer:) The 'metal' that cracks the shell of the seedling: is potassium.

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