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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
角-bw.png
Japanese stroke order
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Stroke order
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Japanese
stroke order
角-jorder.gif

shinjitai

simplified

traditional

Alternative forms [edit]

Note distinctions between whether the central vertical stroke in 角 extends to the bottom (as in ), which is used in simplified, or stops at the last horizontal line (like with 2 legs on the sides), which is used in traditional and Japanese – see the etymology.

Etymology [edit]

Pictogram (象形) – a horn. Meaning later abstracted to “angle, corner”.

角 角 角 角
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character [edit]

(radical 148 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓月土 (NBG), 弓月手 (NBQ), four-corner 27227)

  1. horn, antler
  2. angle, corner
  3. point
  4. third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale or mi

Derived terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1139, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35003
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1606, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3919, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+89D2

See also [edit]


Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale gok3)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ kok, Guangdong kok7; kok7, luk8 [Bao'an], Hagfa Pinyim giog5, gog5)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana かど, romaji kado)

  1. A corner (e.g., of a desk; compare ).
  2. An edge.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana かく, romaji kaku)

  1. An angle.
  2. A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana つの, romaji tsuno)

  1. horn, antler

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , , revised gak, nok, McCune-Reischauer kak, nok, Yale kak, nok)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin jiǎo (jiao3), jué (jue2), Wade-Giles chiao3)

Compounds [edit]

jiǎo

jué


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*gak)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(giác, góc, dạc, chác, giốc)