角

Translingual

Stroke order (Chinese)

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

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Radical 148 角

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

1. Kangxi radical #148, ⾓.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/角
• 𪝀, 唃, 埆, 崅, 𢏧, 捔, 𤞴, 𨓨, 桷, 𣨍, 𦛲, 𥆌, 确, 𫁣, 𫋽, 𮇢, 𦎈, 𧨖, 𧳊, 𮣾, 𩊺, 𩷛
• 㓩, 𨛥, 斛, 𩓅, 𬷺, 𭓲, 𬜲, 䇶, 𩭛, 𪔝, 𭟵, 𧗾

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

Chinese

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

Pictogram (象形) – a horn.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəw (“horn; angle; corner”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan རྭ (rwa, “horn”), Garo grong (“horn”), Jingpho nrung (“horn”), Chepang रोङः (roŋʔ, “horn”), 觡 (OC *kraːɡ, “antler”). The Tibeto-Burman *-ŋ final variant is reflected in 觥 (OC *kʷraːŋ, “drinking vessel made from animal horn”) (Schuessler, 2007). Possibly also related to 鹿 (OC *b·roːɡ, “deer”) (Sagart, 1999).

A derivative is 餃 (“stuffed dumpling”), named for its horn-like shape (Norman, 1988).

It is probably unrelated with Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós (“horn”) ( < *ḱerh₂- (“horn”)) and Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (“horn”) despite the phonological and semantic resemblance between the three.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

角

1. horn; antler
2. point
3. corner
4. (mathematics) angle
5. (geography) cape; point; headland
6. (numismatics) one tenth of a yuan or dollar
7. role; part; character
8. actor; actress (Can we add an example for this sense?)
9. (music) bugle; horn
10. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi

    • 所以名之為角者？躍也，陽氣動躍；……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      所以名之为角者？跃也，阳气动跃；……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Ban Gu, The Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall, 79 CE, translated based on Tjan Tjoe Som's version

      Suǒyǐ míng zhī wèi jué zhě? Yuè yě, yángqì dòngyuè;.......

      Why is the note called jué? Jué means yuè ‘to leap’' the yang-fluid stirs and leaps;

11. to contend; to compete; to challenge

    角鬥／角斗  ―  juédòu  ―  wrestle

12. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
13. a surname
14. (gaming) Short for 角色 (juésè). (Classifier: 隻／只)
15. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien) A suffix to denote masculine animals
16. (Hokkien) side (as a directional term, used with 這／这 (chit) and 彼 (hit))
17. (Hokkien) chunk; lump; piece
18. (Mainland China Hokkien) chipped or damaged portion of something

Synonyms

• (horn):

• (cape): 岬 (jiǎ)
• (one tenth of a yuan or dollar):

Coordinate terms

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

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Khmer: កាក់ (kak)
  • → English: kak
• → Thai: กั๊ก (gák)
• → Vietnamese: góc

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

角

1. ^† Only used in 角里 (former placename, located in Jiangsu province, now Zhūjiājiǎo).

References

• “角”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(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); くらべる (kuraberu, 角べる)

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese, in turn, from Proto-Japonic *kanto.

Possibly cognate with 廉 (kado, “grounds; charge; suspicion”) and 才 (kado, “ability”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​ど (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

• (Tōhoku) IPA^(key):

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)

Proper noun

角(かど) • (Kado) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

First attested in 718 CE. Ultimately from Middle Chinese 角 (MC kaewk).

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.

Proper noun

角(かく) • (Kaku) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. From Proto-Japonic *tuno.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つの​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

角(つの) • (tsuno) 

1. horn, antler

   鹿(しか)の角(つの)

   shika no tsuno

   deer antlers

Proper noun

角(つの) • (Tsuno) 

1. a surname

Etymology 4

References

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

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 角 (MC luwk).

Hanja

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

1. Only used in personal names.

Vietnamese

Han character

角: Hán Nôm readings: góc, dạc, giác, chác, giốc

1. chữ Hán form of giác (“(in compounds) corner, horn”).
2. Nôm form of góc (“corner, angle”).