角 – angle, corner, square

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The kanji 角 means angle, corner, square, horn, antlers. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク (kaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かど、つの (kado, tsuno). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 角 (no. 148).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
Kun’yomi	かど	kado
Kun’yomi	つの	tsuno

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 角 (Kangxi radical 148). Components: 勹・月・｜.

Words using 角

角かどcorner角すみcorner角かくangle四角しかくquadrilateral角度かくどangle三角さんかくtriangle折角せっかくwith trouble直角ちょっかくright angle方角ほうがくdirection街角まちかどstreet corner四角いしかくいsquare四つ角よつかどfour corners角つのhorn

Example sentences

私は角にある劇場に行くところです。

I am going to the theater on the corner.

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次の角で右に曲がりなさい。

Turn right at the next corner.

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３角形のすべての角の和は１８０度に等しい。

The sum of all the angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.

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Kanji with the same radical

解触

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