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铠

鎧
kǎi
noun #97,292

Measure Word

一副铠甲 fù

Meanings

  1. 1 armor; a suit of armor (made of metal plates)

Characters

铠
kǎi
armor

Examples

HSK 7-9
将军披上铠甲，上马出战。
Jiāngjūn pī shàng kǎijiǎ, shàng mǎ chūzhàn.
The general put on his armor and mounted up for battle.
HSK 7-9
博物馆里陈列着一套唐代铠甲。
Bówùguǎn lǐ chénliè zhe yī tào Tángdài kǎijiǎ.
The museum displays a full set of Tang-dynasty armor.

Tips

usage
Always in 铠甲 (armor). Traditionally 甲 was leather armor and 铠 the metal-plate kind; together they just mean a warrior's protective armor.

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal; gold (left-side radical)
Metal radical on the left, side-form of 金. It marks the metal nature of plate armor (as opposed to the leather 甲). Same family as 钢 steel and 铁 iron.
phonetic
岂 qǐ
how could; (rhetorical question word)
Right side 岂 supplies the sound (qǐ → kǎi). It is purely phonetic; its rhetorical-question meaning plays no part in this armor word.

Stroke Order

铠 kǎi