角

See also: 甬, 甪, and 𧢲

Translingual

Traditional	角
Simplified	角
Japanese	角
Korean	角

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Alternative forms

In the character 角 in traditional Chinese, as well as in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese, the central vertical stroke does not extend below the last horizontal line, the one formed by the seventh, last stroke. This creates an appearance roughly equivalent to 土 enclosed in the top part of 冂.

However, in simplified Chinese, the central vertical stroke in 角 extends to the bottom of the character (as in 用). This difference applies to all simplified Chinese characters containing this radical.

Note that the Chinese and Japanese stroke order is slightly different for the fifth and sixth strokes, as illustrated in the animations above.

Han character

角 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓月土 (NBG) or 弓月手 (NBQ), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿱⺈⿵冂土(HTJKV) or ⿱⺈用(G))

1. Kangxi radical #148, ⾓.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/角

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		角
simp. #		角
alternative forms		甪 𧢲 腳／脚 “role; actor”

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 角
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (角) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
捔	*sɡroːɡ, *kroːɡ
桷	*kroːɡ
角	*kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ
埆	*kʰroːɡ
确	*ɡroːɡ
斛	*ɡoːɡ
槲	*ɡoːɡ
蔛	*ɡoːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – a horn.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 角

1. horn; antler
2. point
3. (mathematics) angle; corner
4. (geography) cape; point; headland
5. (numismatics) one tenth of a yuan or dollar
6. role; part; character
7. actor; actress
8. (music) bugle; horn
9. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
10. to contend; to compete; to challenge

    角鬥／角斗  ―  juédòu  ―  wrestle

11. (astronomy) Horn mansion (one of the twenty-eight mansions)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛
	Taiwan	毛
	Harbin	毛
	Singapore	毛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	毛
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	毛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛
	Xi'an	毛, 角
	Xining	毛, 角
	Xuzhou	毛, 角
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛
	Ürümqi	毛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	角, 毛
	Wuhan	角
	Guiyang	角, 毛
	Guilin	毛
	Liuzhou	毛
	Nanning (Wuming)	角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毛
	Yangzhou	角, 毛
	Nantong	角
	Hefei	毛, 角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毫子, 毫, 角
	Hong Kong	毫子, 毫
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	毫子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	毫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	毫子
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	毫子
	Macau	毫子
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	毫子
	Foshan	毫子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	毫
	Foshan (Shunde)	毫子
	Foshan (Sanshui)	毫子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	毫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	毫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	毫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	毫
	Taishan	毫, 毫子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	毫
	Enping (Niujiang)	毫
	Heshan (Yayao)	毫子
	Dongguan	毫子
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	毫子
	Shaoguan	毫子, 毫
	Yunfu	毫
	Yangjiang	毫子, 毫
	Yangjiang (Yangdong)	角
	Yangdong (Yashao)	角
	Yangchun	毫
	Yangxi	角, 毫
	Xinyi	毫子
	Lianjiang	毫子
	Nanning	毫子
	Wuzhou	毫子
	Yulin	角
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	角子
	Beihai	角
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	毫, 角
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	毫
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	角
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	角
	Singapore (Guangfu)	毫, 角
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	十錢
	Móng Cái	毫
Gan	Nanchang	角
	Lichuan	角
	Pingxiang	角
Hakka	Meixian	毫, 毫子, 角
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	毫子
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	毫子
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	毫子
	Yudu	角
	Shicheng	角
	Shangyou (Shexi)	角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	角
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	角
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	角
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毫
	Hong Kong	毫
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	角
	Senai (Huiyang)	角
Huizhou	Jixi	角
Jin	Taiyuan	毛
	Xinzhou	毛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	角
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	角
	Fuqing	角囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	角
	Quanzhou	角
	Zhangzhou	角
	Tainan	角
	Singapore (Hokkien)	角
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	毛
	Chaozhou	角, 毫
	Shantou	角, 毫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	角
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	角
	Singapore (Teochew)	角
	Wenchang	角
	Haikou	角
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	毫子
	Sanxiang	毫紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	毫子, 角
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	毛
Wu	Shanghai	角
	Shanghai (Chongming)	角
	Suzhou	角
	Danyang	角
	Wenzhou	角
	Jinhua	角
Xiang	Changsha	角, 毛
	Loudi	毛
	Shuangfeng	角
	Quanzhou	角, 毛

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese pentatonic scale) 宮／宫 (gōng), 商 (shāng), 角, 徵／征, 羽

Descendants

• → Khmer: កាក់ (kak)
  • → English: kak

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: luwk

Rime
Character	角
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧谷切
Baxter	luwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/luk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/luk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwk̚/
Li Rong	/luk̚/
Wang Li	/luk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/luk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	角
Reading #	2/2
No.	6376
Phonetic component	角
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	禄
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 角

1. ^† Only used in 角里 (Lùlǐ, “placename”).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

角

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: かど (kado, 角, Jōyō); つの (tsuno, 角, Jōyō); すみ (sumi, 角)

Compounds

Compounds

• 角(かく)帯(おび) (kakuobi)
• 角(かく)界(かい) (kakukai), 角(かっ)界(かい) (kakkai)
• 角(かく)質(しつ) (kakushitsu)
• 角(かく)度(ど) (kakudo)
• 角(かく)膜(まく) (kakumaku)
• 一(いっ)角(かく) (ikkaku)
• 鋭(えい)角(かく) (eikaku, “acute angle”)
• 外(がい)角(かく) (gaikaku)
• 仰(ぎょう)角(かく) (gyōkaku)
• 互(ご)角(かく) (gokaku)
• 広(こう)角(かく) (kōkaku)
• 三(さん)角(かく) (sankaku)
• 四(し)角(かく) (shikaku)
• 視(し)角(かく) (shikaku)
• 死(し)角(かく) (shikaku)
• 触(しょっ)角(かく) (shokkaku)
• 折(せっ)角(かく) (sekkaku)
• 直(ちょっ)角(かく) (chokkaku)
• 兎(と)角(かく) (tokaku)
• 頭(とう)角(かく) (tōkaku)
• 鈍(どん)角(かく) (donkaku, “obtuse angle”)
• 内(ない)角(かく) (naikaku)
• 方(ほう)角(がく) (hōgaku)
• 六(ろっ)角(かく) (rokkaku)
• 蓮(れん)角(かく) (renkaku)
• 角(かく)括(かっ)弧(こ) (kakukakko)
• 一(いっ)角(かく)獣(じゅう) (ikkakujū, “unicorn”)
• 五(ご)角(かく)形(けい) (gokakukei)
• 多(た)角(かく)的(てき) (takakuteki)
• 八(はっ)角(かく)形(けい) (hakkakukei)
• 真(ま)四(し)角(かく) (mashikaku)
• 立(りっ)体(たい)角(かく) (rittaikaku)
• 兎(と)に角(かく) (tonikaku)
• 兎(と)も角(かく) (tomokaku)
• 一(ひと)角(かど) (hitokado)
• 街(まち)角(かど) (machikado)
• 三(み)つ角(かど) (mitsukado)
• 四(よ)つ角(かど) (yotsukado)
• 曲(ま)がり角(かど) (magarikado)
• 角(つの)笛(ぶえ) (tsunobue)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠do̞]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ⁿdo̞]

Noun

角(かど) • (kado) 

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

   机(つくえ)の角(かど)

   tsukue no kado

   edge of the desk

3. A street corner.

See also

• 隅(すみ) (sumi)
• コーナー (kōnā)

Noun

角(かく) • (kaku) 

1. (mathematics) angle

   入(にゅう)射(しゃ)角(かく)

   nyūshakaku

   angle of incidence

2. (geography) cape, headland, point
3. A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行.

Noun

角(つの) • (tsuno) 

1. horn, antler

   鹿(しか)の角(つの)

   shika no tsuno

   deer antlers

Proper noun

角(すみ) or 角(かく) or 角(かど) or 角(つの) • (Sumi or Kaku or Kado or Tsuno) 

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Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 角 (MC kaewk).

Hanja

角 (eumhun 뿔 각 (ppul gak))

1. Hanja form^? of 각 (“horn or angle”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 각도 (角度, gakdo)
• 각막 (角膜, gangmak)
• 각추 (角錐, gakchu)
• 각축 (角逐, gakchuk)
• 각피 (角皮, gakpi)
• 나각 (螺角, nagak)
• 내각 (內角, naegak)
• 시각 (視角, sigak)
• 여각 (餘角, yeogak)
• 직각 (直角, jikgak)
• 촉각 (觸角, chokgak)
• 총각 (總角, chonggak)
• 각속도 (角速度, gaksokdo)
• 다각적 (多角的, dagakjeok)
• 다각형 (多角形, dagakhyeong)
• 삼각법 (三角法, samgakbeop)
• 삼각형 (三角形, samgakhyeong)
• 팔각형 (八角形, palgakhyeong)
• 방위각 (方位角, bang'wigak)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 角 (MC luwk).

Hanja

角 (eumhun 사람 이름 록 (saram ireum rok), word-initial (South Korea) 사람 이름 녹 (saram ireum nok))

1. Only used in personal names.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 角 (góc, dạc, giác, chác, giốc)

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