The kanji 角: meaning, readings and stroke order

角

Meaning: corner, horn
On reading: カク kaku
Kun reading: かど kado、つの tsuno
Strokes: 7
Radical: 角 horn
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: góc, sừng (giác)
Japanese: かど。つの。
Korean: 모서리, 뿔 (각)
Chinese: 角落、犄角

Readings, words and example sentences

カク kaku · on reading

四し角かく
square
四し角かくの中に字を書きます。
I write a letter inside the square.

かど kado · kun reading

角かど
corner
道の 角かどを右にまがります。
I turn right at the corner.

つの tsuno · kun reading

角つの
horn
牛には 角つのがあります。
Cows have horns.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.