铠 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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kǎi

armor

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 岂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎧.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

岂 Sound component

qǐ, kǎi

victorious music, happy

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

kǎi

armor, chain mail; armor

Most common words with 铠

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	铠甲	armor
	铠	armor

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4314th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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