Level VII of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 892 / 2,608
Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.
More common than 称 (Title), less common than 樹 (Wood).
The turtle shell kanji looks like a shield viewed from above — a single vertical line with crossbars, like the segmented pattern on a turtle's protective shell.
甲 is rank 892 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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