甲

Glyph origin

 * a turtle shell.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Perhaps related to.

Definitions

 * 1) shell; carapace
 * 2) plate armor
 * 3) nail plate at the end of fingers and toes
 * 4) the first of the ten heavenly stems
 * 5) number one; first; A

Etymology 2
Borrowed from or.

Definitions

 * 1)  unit of land (area) measure, equivalent to 2,934  or 0.97 hectares, roughly 2.1 acres

Etymology 3
From.

Definitions

 * 1)  to; until; to the extent
 * 1)  to; until; to the extent
 * 1)  to; until; to the extent

Definitions

 * 1)  very; really; badly

Etymology 4
Probably from.

Definitions

 * 1)  how is it that; how could
 * 2)  since; as; now that; considering
 * 1)  since; as; now that; considering

Definitions

 * 1)  gay; homosexual

Compounds

 * : shell, carapace
 * : shell, carapace

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) carapace, shell
 * 2) something A
 * 3) first in rank
 * 4) instep or the back of the hand
 * 5) the first party

Proper noun

 * 1) the first of the ten heavenly stems

Noun

 * 1) armor

Noun

 * 1) treble range

Etymology 4
🇰🇲

Proper noun

 * 1) the first of the ten heavenly stems

Etymology
From.

Compare modern 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  number one, thus the best
 * 2)  something A; the first party
 * 1)  something A; the first party

Usage notes

 * A common convention in news headlines or legal documents, these particular senses are often written in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.