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角 かど、つの angle, corner, square 2 805 7 148 つの・かく・つのへん 象形 Pictographic A museum display of two walking sticks bound together under a glass canopy, showing the first device used to measure an angle.

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カク い, す, すみ, ずみ, ふさ 町角(まちかど): street corner角(かど): (1) corner (e.g. desk, pavement) (2) edge角度(かくど): angle三角(さんかく): triangle; triangular四角い(しかくい): square; rectangular方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point四角(しかく): square直角(ちょっかく): right angle; perpendicular角(かく): (1) angle (2) square (or cube) (3) bishop (shogi) (4) third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) (5) Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (6) jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)角(つの): horn四つ角(よつかど): four corners; crossroads兎に角(とにかく): anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case兎も角(ともかく): anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may兎角(とかく): (1) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that (2) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become (3) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway (4) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)折角(せっかく): with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited 2 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 角 7 (none) angle The gates have been bound up together leaving no angle to get through...

Kanji	角
Onyomi	カク
Kunyomi	かど、つの
Nanori	い, す, すみ, ずみ, ふさ
English	angle, corner, square
Examples	町角(まちかど): street corner 角(かど): (1) corner (e.g. desk, pavement) (2) edge 角度(かくど): angle 三角(さんかく): triangle; triangular 四角い(しかくい): square; rectangular 方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point 四角(しかく): square 直角(ちょっかく): right angle; perpendicular 角(かく): (1) angle (2) square (or cube) (3) bishop (shogi) (4) third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) (5) Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (6) jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) 角(つの): horn 四つ角(よつかど): four corners; crossroads 兎に角(とにかく): anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case 兎も角(ともかく): anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may 兎角(とかく): (1) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that (2) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become (3) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway (4) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist) 折角(せっかく): with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	805
Components	勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	角
Radical Number	148
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	つの・かく・つのへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	angle
Koohii Story 1	A museum display of two walking sticks bound together under a glass canopy, showing the first device used to measure an angle.
Koohii Story 2	The gates have been bound up together leaving no angle to get through...

Angle Square 角 Corner Chinese Generally Speaking Wrapping