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1
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甲
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jiǎ
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- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
- (used for an unspecified person or thing)
- first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
- letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- armor plating
- shell or carapace
- (of the fingers or toes) nail
- bladed leather or metal armor (old)
- ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
- civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎojiǎ system (old)
- ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
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2
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基
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jī
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- (bound form) base; foundation
- (bound form) radical (chemistry)
- (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
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