Keyword
angle
- corner
- square
- horn
- antlers
- Frequency
- #805
- Strokes
- 7
- Grade
- 2
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1953
Readings
カク77%
かど19%
つの4%
Mnemonic
The arcade hook claw only grabs at a crooked angle: it snags an upside-down box by its two stick legs and dangles it sideways like a dying beetle.
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Composed of
Used in kanji
解unravel触touch觔catty埆barren land斛a boatload桷rafter觕coarse觖to long for确sure觝collide with觚cup觜bill觥cup made of horn觧notes觩strong觫to start觭one turning up and one turning down䚡bones in a horn of cattle and goat觱tartar horn觳an ancient measure觴cup鵤grosbeak觶wine goblet made from horn觸touch [old]觿bodkin made of ivory
Used in vocabulary
角
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
Noun
角
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness; harshness; sharpness
Noun
角
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; tentacle (e.g. of a snail); horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
Noun
兎角
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; all sorts of (negative things); various; …
Adverb
一角
corner; section; point; part; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
Noun