角

See also 甬

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

shinjitai	角
simplified	角
traditional	角

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

角 (radical 148 角+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

• Index:Chinese radical/角

References

• 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

• 甬

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Cantonese

Hanzi

角 (Yale gok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

角 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かく (kaku)
• Kun: つの (tsuno), かど (kado), すみ (sumi)

Compounds

角度 角館 一角獣 鋭角

外角 互角 一角 三角

四角 五角形 六角

死角 視角 鈍角

Noun

角 (hiragana かど, romaji kado)

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

Noun

角 (hiragana かく, romaji kaku)

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

Noun

角 (hiragana つの, romaji tsuno)

1. horn, antler

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Compounds

jiǎo

• 角度
• 八角
• 三角
• 视角
• 牛角面包

jué

• 角色
• 主角

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Middle Chinese

Han character

角 (*gak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

角 (giác, góc, dạc, chác, giốc)