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甲 jiǎ

jiǎ noun armor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Protective armor made from leather or metal; as in 铠甲 (Guoyu '甲' n 2; Kroll 2015 '甲' 3, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 2)
jiǎ adjective first
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 甲等 first-class (Guoyu '甲' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '甲' 5, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Wu and Tee 2015, 1465)
jiǎ proper noun First Heavenly Stem
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Heavenly Stem 天干
Notes: (Guoyu '甲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '甲' 4, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 1)
jiǎ noun Kangxi radical 102
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Alternate form for 田 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
jiǎ noun finger and toe nails; claw; talon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 指甲 'fingernail' and 脚趾甲 'toenail' (Guoyu '甲' n 5; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2b, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 4)
jiǎ noun shell
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 硬壳; for example, 龟甲 'tortoise shell' (Guoyu '甲' n 4; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2, p. 193; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 3)
jiǎ noun administrative unit; a group of ten households
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In imperial China (Guoyu '甲' n 7; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; XHZD '甲' 6)
jiǎ noun sheath
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Outer protective sheath for sprouting plants (Kroll 2015 '甲' 1, p. 193)
jiǎ pronoun anonymous character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For an unknown or fictionary figure; for example, 某甲 'a certain person' (Guoyu '甲' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '甲' 6, p. 193)
jià noun a class of animals with shells
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For an unknown or fictionary figure (Guoyu '甲' jià; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2a, p. 193)
jiǎ noun soldier
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 军人 or 兵士 (Guoyu '甲' n 3)
jiǎ noun military armor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Modern military armor; for example, 装甲车 'armored car' (Guoyu '甲' n 6)
jiǎ measure word a unit of land
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used in Taiwan; equal to 9 公顷 hectares (Guoyu '甲' n 8)
jiǎ verb exeeding the norm /to be outstanding
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 超出群众; for example, the idiom 富甲天下 'exceedingly wealthy' (Guoyu '甲' v)
jiǎ noun armor; kavaca
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kavaca, Japanese: kou, or: kan (BCSD '甲', p. 844; MW 'kavaca'; SH '甲', p. 197; Unihan '甲')

Contained in

甲日·洛迪 Lodi Gyari; Gyari Rinpoche
被甲庄严会(被甲莊嚴會) Varmavyūhanirdeśasūtra; Bei Jia Zhuangyan Hui
譬喻问号(一) 黄金似蛇蝎，有毒无毒？恶口似粪坑，是香是臭？冷淡似寒冰，是凉是热？瞋恚似烈火，可怕不怕？信心似禾苗，是长是消？罪恶似臭水，难闻好闻？正见似盔甲，是安不安？忏悔似净水，是清是染？忍辱似盾牌，有用无用？知足似乐园，好看难看？(譬喻問號(一) 黃金似蛇蠍，有毒無毒？惡口似糞坑，是香是臭？冷淡似寒冰，是涼是熱？瞋恚似烈火，可怕不怕？信心似禾苗，是長是消？罪惡似臭水，難聞好聞？正見似盔甲，是安不安？懺悔似淨水，是清是染？忍辱似盾牌，有用無用？知足似樂園，好看難看？) Metaphors (1) Gold is a snake. Is it poisonous or not? Harsh speech is a cesspit. Is it fragrant or odorous? Coldness is ice. Does it freeze or burn? Anger is burning fire. Is it frightening or not? Faith is a sprout. Does it grow or wilt? Transgression is stinky water. Does it smell good or bad? Right view is an armor. Is it safe or not? Repentance is purifying water. Is it clean or polluted? Patience is a shield. Does it protect or not? Contentment is paradise. Is it beautiful or ugly?
十种被甲(十種被甲) ten ways to put on armor

Also contained in

衣甲、富甲一方、甲壳亚门、保甲法、擐甲披袍、指甲油、年近花甲、组甲、苯甲醛、年甲、抗菌甲硝唑、登甲第、二甲基砷酸、二甲、甲胺磷、甲型肝炎、胄甲、保甲、甲二醇、甲辰、甲虫、抛戈卸甲、象甲、甲乙丙、二甲基胂酸、苯甲酰氯、甲氧西林、氰溴甲苯、丢盔撩甲、甲鱼、甲状腺素、甲亢、装甲车辆、片甲不留、太甲、甲流、装甲车、擐甲挥戈、被犀甲、氨基甲酸酯类化合物、甲方、副甲状腺素、甲胄、拇指甲、平头甲子、身怀六甲、擐甲挥兵

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 2 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 27
Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 20
Scroll 1 Tan Wu De Lu Bu Za Jiemo 曇無德律部雜羯磨 — count: 20
Scroll 1 Mahīśāsakakarman (Mi Sha Sai Jiemo Ben) 彌沙塞羯磨本 — count: 19
Scroll 3 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 18
Scroll 1 Jiemo 羯磨 — count: 17
Scroll 16 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 16 , has English translation , has parallel version
Scroll 2 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 15
Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 15
Scroll 30 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 14

Collocations

精进甲 (精進甲) 披精進甲 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 31
甲上 (甲上) 世尊甲上土甚少少耳 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 22
大悲甲 (大悲甲) 是菩薩摩訶薩被大悲甲 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 456 — count: 12
无边甲 (無邊甲) 能被無邊甲 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 21 — count: 6
赤铜甲 (赤銅甲) 手足赤銅甲 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
施甲 (施甲) 著大施甲被精進鎧 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
忍辱甲 (忍辱甲) 身被忍辱甲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 62 — count: 4
密甲 (密甲) 刺堅密甲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 78 — count: 4
坚甲 (堅甲) 猶如堅甲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 78 — count: 3
甲持 (甲持) 著甲持仗 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 8 — count: 3