角
角·corner, angle, horn
- On-yomi
- カク
- Kun-yomi
- かどつの
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角 | かど | corner (of a street or object) |
| 三角 | さんかく | triangle |
| 角 | つの | horn, antler |
| 四角い | しかくい | square, four-cornered |
Example sentences
次の角を右に曲がってください。
つぎのかどをみぎにまがってください。
Please turn right at the next corner.
紙を三角に切りました。
かみをさんかくにきりました。
I cut the paper into a triangle.
この動物は長い角を持っています。
このどうぶつはながいつのをもっています。
This animal has long horns.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Mixing up かど (an outside corner, e.g. of a street) with 隅 すみ (an inside corner of a room)
- Reading 四角い as *よんかくい instead of しかくい
Memory aid
Picture it
A pointed lid over a boxy body — an animal's horn, and by extension any sharp corner or angle.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 四角いしかくいsquare
- 折角せっかくwith much trouble, at great pains; long-awaited, precious
- 四つ角よつかどstreet corner, crossroads, four corners
- 直角ちょっかくright angle
- 方角ほうがくdirection, compass point, bearing
- 四角しかくsquare, quadrilateral, square shape
- 街角まちかどstreet corner, on the street
- 角度かくどangle; point of view
- 三角さんかくtriangle, triangular
- 角かどcorner
- 兎角とかくtending to; apt to; in any case; one way or another; this and that
- 兎に角とにかくanyhow; at any rate; in any case; whatever else may be true
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