甲 = 田 + ｜

甲 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “armor”. It is built from 田 (rice field) and ｜ (pipe). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1194. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: armor
RTK frame: 1194
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): コウ, カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): きのえ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: armour, roots, бронежилет, turtle shell
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 甲 armor

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 甲

How to find 甲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice field” + “pipe”. 甲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 甲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.