甲
N1きのえ kinoe
- 1st in rank
- first sign of the Chinese calendar
- shell
- instep
- grade A
noun
Chinese meanings
甲;十干之首
Examples
- 甲は十干の最初である。Kinoe is the first of the ten celestial stems.甲是十干的第一位。
- 甲の年について調べた。I researched a year designated by the stem kinoe.我查阅了以甲为天干的年份。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('99d671e7c9'); // 甲
{
"id": "99d671e7c9",
"word": "甲",
"reading": "きのえ",
"romaji": "kinoe",
"meanings": [
"1st in rank",
"first sign of the Chinese calendar",
"shell",
"instep",
"grade A"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 2397580,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "甲は十干の最初である。",
"en": "Kinoe is the first of the ten celestial stems."
},
{
"ja": "甲の年について調べた。",
"en": "I researched a year designated by the stem kinoe."
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "1d95e5eb004e9df0d1add2824d839cb6bf3548dbb89a69445b24993c0fed8cb7",
"meanings": [
"甲",
"十干之首"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "甲は十干の最初である。",
"zh": "甲是十干的第一位。"
},
{
"ja": "甲の年について調べた。",
"zh": "我查阅了以甲为天干的年份。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/99d671e7c9",
"JMdict ent_seq 2397580; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "f712abc716b7f00224f0a8cffe049830d1fd7db2c1b9e208c428e433bb3a1efa",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}