角
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angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #167 U+89D2
How 角 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A rhinoceros or other animal horn
How to remember it
angle · Heisig RSH #1362
bound up + rack — as a component also called: safe
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 角 as their sound component
These characters all use 角 (jiǎo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角 sound component | jiǎo | angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped |
| 确 | què | certain, sure; definite, exact; real, true |
| 斛 | hú | ancient measuring vessel; unit of volume, about 50 liters |
| 桷 | jué | rafter; Malus toringo |
Words containing 角
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光化性角化病 | guāng huà xìng jiǎo huà bìng | (medicine) actinic keratosis, aka solar keratosis |
| 三角学 | sān jiǎo xué | trigonometry |
| 角子 | jiǎo zi | one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan) |
| 金三角 | Jīn sān jiǎo | Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) |
| 大眼角 | dà yǎn jiǎo | inner corner of the eye |
| 角头 | jiǎo tóu | gang leader; mafia boss |
| 头角 | tóu jiǎo | youngster's talent; brilliance of youth |
| 三角法 | sān jiǎo fǎ | trigonometry (math.) |
| 长三角 | Cháng Sān jiǎo | Yangtze River Delta (abbr. for 長江三角洲|长江三角洲[Chang2 jiang1 San1 jiao3 zhou1]) |
| 小眼角 | xiǎo yǎn jiǎo | outer corner of the eye |
| 平面角 | píng miàn jiǎo | plane angle |
| 角马 | jiǎo mǎ | gnu; wildebeest |
| 角平分线 | jiǎo píng fēn xiàn | angle bisector |
| 多角体 | duō jiǎo tǐ | polyhedron |
| 海角 | hǎi jiǎo | cape; promontory |
| 多面角 | duō miàn jiǎo | solid angle |
| 分角器 | fēn jiǎo qì | a protractor (device to divide angles) |
| 名角儿 | míng jué r | erhua variant of 名角[ming2 jue2] |
| 角化病 | jiǎo huà bìng | (medicine) keratosis |
| 分角线 | fēn jiǎo xiàn | (Tw) angle bisector |