角 (jiǎo): angle, corner, horn, horn-shaped, unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
角 (jiǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “angle.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺈ (structural) and 用 (structural). It ranks #736 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 角 a rhinoceros or other animal horn. Its radical form 角 (horn) appears in many related characters such as 解 (jiě, to divide), 触 (chù, to touch).
Definitions
- angle
- corner
- horn
- horn-shaped
- unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA rhinoceros or other animal horn
Decomposition: ⿱⺈用 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 角
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 角色noun | jué sè | role | 5 |
| 角度noun | jiǎo dù | angle | 5 |
| 主角noun | zhǔ jué | leading role | 6 |
| 角落noun | jiǎo luò | corner (of a room, courtyard etc) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五角大楼 | wǔ jiǎo dà lóu | the Pentagon |
| 拐角noun | guǎi jiǎo | to turn a corner |
| 角逐verb | jué zhú | to tussle |
| 三角noun | sān jiǎo | triangle |
| 视角noun | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object |
| 独角兽noun | dú jiǎo shòu | unicorn |
| 转角noun | zhuǎn jiǎo | bend in a street |
| 三角洲noun | sān jiǎo zhōu | delta (geography) |
| 三角形 | sān jiǎo xíng | triangle |
| 配角noun | pèi jué | supporting role |
| 号角noun | hào jiǎo | bugle horn |
| 拐弯抹角phrase | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) |
| 口角noun | kǒu jiǎo | corner of the mouth |
| 天涯海角phrase | tiān yá hǎi jiǎo | the ends of the earth |
| 触角noun | chù jiǎo | antenna |
角 appears in 110 compound words: 31 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 角 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (20)
rarity of rarities; rare treasures or talents; things that are few and far between
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom); fig. to be diligent in one's studies
ends of the world; ends of the earth; remote place; separated worlds apart
rarity of rarities; rare treasures or talents; things that are few and far between
Showing 12 of 20 idioms containing 角.
Example Sentences
从这个角度来看，问题似乎没那么复杂。
Cóng zhè gè jiǎodù lái kàn, wèntí sìhū méi nàme fùzá.
From this perspective, the problem doesn't seem so complicated.
黃騰浩退居幕後「忙搬桌椅」! 角頭團隊新作懷秋、吳念軒雙帥登場
黃 騰 hào tuì jū mù 後 máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo 頭 團 隊 xīn zuò 懷 qiū 吳 niàn 軒 雙 帥 dēng 場
Huang Tenghao Steps Backstage to "Busy Moving Furniture"! New Work from Gangster Team Features Dual Heartthrobs Huai Qiu and Wu Nianxuan
...V 伪装车曝光;月之暗面成国内最快晋级十角兽公司;曝腾讯关闭天美蒙特利尔工作室.....
. . . wěi zhuāng chē pù guāng yuè zhī àn miàn chéng guó nèi zuì kuài jìn jí shí jiǎo shòu gōng sī pù téng xùn guān bì tiān měi méng tè lì ěr gōng zuò shì . . . . .
...V camouflaged vehicle exposed; Dark Side of the Moon becomes China's fastest-growing unicorn company; Tencent reportedly shuts down TiMi Montreal studio.....
五角大廈警告川普對伊朗延長軍事行動存在風險—...
wǔ jiǎo dà 廈 jǐng gào chuān pǔ 對 yī lǎng yán 長 軍 shì háng 動 cún zài 風 險 . . .
Pentagon Warns Trump of Risks in Extending Military Operations Against Iran—...
廣角鏡/新社「櫻花鳥森林」 花道迎賓
廣 jiǎo 鏡 xīn shè 櫻 huā 鳥 sēn lín huā dào yíng 賓
Wide-angle Lens / Xinshe "Sakura Bird Forest" Flower Path Welcomes Guests
《陽光女子合唱團》票房破6億元 打破《海角七號》18年紀錄
陽 guāng nǚ zǐ gě chàng 團 piào fáng pò 億 yuán dǎ pò hǎi jiǎo qī 號 nián 紀 錄
The Sunshine Girls broke $600 million at the box office, breaking the 18-year record of Cape No. 7.
星星之火足以燎原!永康營業場所角落起火 亂丟菸蒂惹禍
xīng xīng zhī huǒ zú yǐ 燎 yuán ! yǒng kāng 營 業 場 suǒ jiǎo luò qǐ huǒ 亂 丟 菸 dì rě 禍
A single spark can start a prairie fire! Fire in the corner of Yongkang's business premises caused by littering cigarettes.
女性永远只能扮演次要角色吗？
Nǚxìng yǒngyuǎn zhǐnéng bànyǎn cìyào juésè ma?
Must the woman always play the secondary role?
坐在角落的那个男人是谁？
Zuò zài jiǎoluò de nàge nánrén shì shéi?
Who is the man sitting in the corner?
你最喜欢这本书中的哪个角色？
Nǐ zuì xǐhuan zhè běn shū zhōng de nǎge juésè?
Who's your favorite character in this book?
Character Family
角 Radical Family — Characters sharing the horn radical
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