角 means “angle, corner”

かく · kaku

Also: square, horn

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かど, つの

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カク

Taught in grade 2 · 7 strokes

The story

Where 丸 is softness, 角 is sharpness. This kanji originally depicted an animal's horn, something pointed and protruding. Street corners, turning points, and the horns of oni demons all use 角.

Used in 三角 (sankaku, triangle) and 四角 (shikaku, square)

Words with 角

• 三角 (さんかく, sankaku): triangle
• 四角 (しかく, shikaku): square / rectangle

More from Colors & Shapes

• 線 line
• 形 shape
• 点 point
• 面 face
• 太 thick
• 細 thin
• 赤 red
• 青 blue
• 白 white
• 黒 black
• 色 color
• 黄 yellow

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.