甲壳

甲壳	jiǎ qiào	carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2]
甲	jiǎ	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (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 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
壳	qiào	variant of 壳
壳	ké	(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
壳	qiào	(bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ke2]