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See also: , , and 𧢲
U+89D2, 角
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89D2

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2F93, ⾓
KANGXI RADICAL HORN

Kangxi Radicals
U+2EC6, ⻆
CJK RADICAL SIMPLIFIED HORN

CJK Radicals Supplement

Translingual

Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean
Stroke order
(Chinese)
Stroke order
(Japan)

Alternative forms

In the character 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 enclosed in the top part of .

However, in simplified Chinese, the central vertical stroke in extends to the bottom of the character (as in ). 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

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

  1. Kangxi radical #148, .

Derived characters

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

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿱⺈冂
alternative forms
𧢲
“role; actor”

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
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. A conservative version is 𧢲. Similar but unrelated to , , and the bottom part of .

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), (OC *kraːɡ, “antler”). The Tibeto-Burman *-ŋ final variant is reflected in (OC *kʷraːŋ, “drinking vessel made from animal horn”) (Schuessler, 2007). Possibly also related to 鹿 (OC *b·roːɡ, “deer”) (Sagart, 1999).

A derivative is (“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


Note:
  • jiǎo - colloquial (“horn; angle; corner; ten cents; role; actor; to contend; Horn mansion”);
  • jué - literary (“role; actor; music note; to contend; Horn mansion”).
Note:
  • go2 - vernacular;
  • juo2 - literary.
Note:
  • go̊q - vernacular;
  • jio̊q - literary.
Note:
  • “horn; corner; angle; one tenth of a yuan; role; masculine animals; side; chunk; chipped or damaged portion”.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɑu²¹⁴/
/t͡ɕyɛ³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕiau²¹³/ 三~
/t͡ɕia²¹³/ 斜抹掉~
Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑu¹³/
/t͡ɕye⁴⁵/ ~色
Jinan /t͡ɕyə²¹³/
/t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕyə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕyo³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕyo²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕyu⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kə¹³/
/t͡ɕye¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕyə¹³/ 一~錢
/kə¹³/ 牆~子
Ürümqi /t͡ɕyɤ²¹³/
/kɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕio²¹³/ 一~錢
/kuo²¹³/ 牛~
Chengdu /ko³¹/
/t͡ɕyo³¹/
Guiyang /ko²¹/ 牛~
/t͡ɕio²¹/ 一~錢
Kunming /ko³¹/
Nanjing /koʔ⁵/
/t͡ɕioʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵/
/kɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡ɕyʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕyaʔ⁴³/ ~~
/t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/ 圪~~
Wu Shanghai /koʔ⁵/
Suzhou /koʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /koʔ⁵/ 牛~
/t͡ɕiɑ⁵/ 一~
Wenzhou /ko²¹³/
Hui Shexian /kɔʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ko⁵/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕio²⁴/
/ko²⁴/
Xiangtan /ko²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /kɔʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kok̚¹/
Taoyuan /kok̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kɔk̚³/
Nanning /kɔk̚³³/
Hong Kong /kɔk̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kak̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kɔyʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ku²⁴/
/kɔ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kak̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kak̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/kɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/kɔk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gok3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ˁrok/
English horn, corner

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 6372
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kroːɡ/

Definitions

  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
  11. to contend; to compete; to challenge
      ―  juédòu  ―  wrestle
  12. (~宿) (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  13. a surname
  14. (gaming) Short for 角色 (juésè). (Classifier: )
  15. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien) A suffix to denote masculine animals
  16. (Hokkien) side (as a directional term, used with (chit) and (hit))
  17. (Hokkien) chunk; lump; piece
  18. (Mainland China Hokkien) chipped or damaged portion of something
Synonyms
  • (horn):
  • (cape): (jiǎ)
  • (one tenth of a yuan or dollar):
Coordinate terms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かく) (kaku)
  • Korean: 각(角) (gak)
  • Vietnamese: giác ()

Others:

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (37)
Final () (3)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter luwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/luk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/luk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləwk̚/
Li
Rong
/luk̚/
Wang
Li
/luk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/luk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
luk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 6376
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·roːɡ/

Definitions

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

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Only used in 角角 (gǔgǔ).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese,[1] in turn, from Proto-Japonic *kanto.

Possibly cognate with (kado, grounds; charge; suspicion) and (kado, ability).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(かど) (kado

  1. a corner (e.g., of a desk; compare )
  2. an edge
    (つくえ)(かど)
    tsukue no kado
    edge of the desk
  3. a street corner
See also

Proper noun

(かど) (Kado

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

First attested in 718 CE.[3] Ultimately from Middle Chinese (MC kaewk).

Noun

(かく) (kaku

  1. (mathematics) angle
    (にゅう)(しゃ)(かく)
    nyūshakaku
    angle of incidence
  2. (geography) cape, headland, point
  3. A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行.

Proper noun

(かく) (Kaku

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
つの
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[3] From Proto-Japonic *tuno.

Pronunciation

Noun

(つの) (tsuno

  1. horn, antler
    鹿(しか)(つの)
    shika no tsuno
    deer antlers
Derived terms

Proper noun

(つの) (Tsuno

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
すみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
すみ
interior corner (e.g., of a room or board surface), nook
a surname
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 角・稜”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC kaewk).

Hanja

(eumhun (ppul gak))

  1. hanja form? of (horn or angle)
Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese (MC luwk).

Hanja

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

  1. Only used in personal names.

Tày

Noun

(các)

  1. Nôm form of các (pavilion).
    本󰝧欄登
    Vẩn khỉn các Lan Đằng
    Moved to the Lan Đằng pavilion

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

: 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).

Compounds