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甲 means 'first'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 882   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-7    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 84 words   Used in 169 words   Used in 900 names   Component in 14 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コウ   カン
Additional readings
Kun    きのえ armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
Name    かぶと   き   まさ   まさる
Notes
the first of the ten heavenly stems
Components
⿻  日 sun; day  丨 stick  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 甲 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 甲 is used 120 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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コウ : 96 words FIND ALL
そ う こ う 0
armored; armoured
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カン : 17 words FIND ALL
か ん ぱ ん 0
noun
deck (of a ship)
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コウ (read as ごう) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
back  (obscure term)
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きのえ : 2 words FIND ALL
き の え 0
noun
first sign of the Chinese calendar  (see also: 十干)
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かぶと: 4 words. FIND ALL
か ぶ と が に 3
noun
horseshoe crab  (often written with kana only)
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An additional one less common word includes 甲 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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甲
コウ   カン    #1, first; armor   
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