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See also: 甬, 甪, and 𧢲
角 U+89D2, 角
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89D2
← 觑
[U+89D1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 觓 →
[U+89D3]
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⾓ U+2F93, ⾓
KANGXI RADICAL HORN
← ⾒
[U+2F92] 		Kangxi Radicals ⾔ →
[U+2F94]
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⻆ U+2EC6, ⻆
CJK RADICAL SIMPLIFIED HORN
← ⻅
[U+2EC5] 		CJK Radicals Supplement ⻇ →
[U+2EC7]

Translingual

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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

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
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (角) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Pictogram (象形) – a horn. A conservative version is 𧢲. Similar but unrelated to 甬, 用, and the bottom part of 備.

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

Note:
  • jiǎo - colloquial (“horn; angle; corner; ten cents; role; actor; to contend; Horn mansion”);
  • jué - literary (“role; actor; music note; to contend; Horn mansion”).
  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

角

  1. horn; antler
  2. point
  3. corner
  4. (mathematics) angle
  5. (geography) cape; point; headland
  6. dumpling
    鹹水角／咸水角 [Cantonese]  ―  haam4 seoi2 gok3 [Jyutping]  ―  fried dumpling with pork
    芋角 [Cantonese]  ―  wu6 gok3 [Jyutping]  ―  taro dumpling
  7. (Hokkien) side (as a directional term, used with 這／这 (chit) and 彼 (hit))
  8. (Hokkien) chunk; lump; piece
  9. (Hokkien) chipped or damaged portion of something
  10. (numismatics) Classifier for money: one tenth of a yuan or dollar
  11. Classifier for things divided into pieces: quarter; slice
  12. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien) A suffix for masculine animals.
    雞角／鸡角 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  koe-kak [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  rooster
  13. role; part; character
    Alternative form: 腳 / 脚
  14. actor; actress (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Alternative form: 腳 / 脚
  15. (gaming) short for 角色 (juésè) (Classifier: 隻／只)
  16. (music) bugle; horn
  17. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
  18. to contend; to compete; to challenge
    角鬥／角斗  ―  juédòu  ―  wrestle
  19. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  20. a surname
Synonyms
  • (horn):
Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“horn”) [map]
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  • (cape): 岬 (jiǎ)
  • (one tenth of a yuan or dollar):
Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]
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Coordinate terms

Compounds

Descendants

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

Others:

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

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

角

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 角里 (former placename, located in Jiangsu province, now Zhūjiājiǎo)

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

角

  1. only used in 角角 (gǔgǔ)

References

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Korean

Tày

Vietnamese

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