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角

jiǎo

HSK 3 Character Measure word 个

What 角 means

1. angle
2. corner
3. horn
4. horn-shaped
5. unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)

Other readings

角 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juérole (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel
• Juésurname Jue

Example sentences

• 牛有角。
  Cows have horns.
• 放角落里。
  Put them in the corner.
• 你摔角吗？
  Do you wrestle?
• 就在转角处。
  It's just around the corner.
• 他站在街角。
  He was standing at the street corner.
• 方形有四个角。
  Fāngxíng yǒu sì gè jiǎo.
  A square has four angles.

Words starting with 角

• 角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
• 角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. jiǎo sè
• 角落jiǎo luòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
• 角逐jué zhúto tussle; to contend; to contest
• 角楼jiǎo lóucorner (between walls)
• 角膜jiǎo mócornea
• 角斗jué dòuto wrestle
• 角门jiǎo méncorner gate
• 角质jiǎo zhìcutin; keratin
• 角力jué lìto wrestle; (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle; Taiwan pr. jiǎo lì
• 角口jué kǒu(literary) to quarrel; also pr. jiǎo kǒu
• 角回jiǎo huíangular gyrus (convolution of the brain)
• 角子jiǎo zione Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
• 角标jiǎo biāosubscript or superscript; corner label (on a product, image, document etc)…
• 角球jiǎo qiúcorner kick (in soccer); free strike in hockey
• 角票jiǎo piàobanknote in Jiao units (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
• 角规jiǎo guīangle gauge; clinograph
• 角头jiǎo tóugang leader; mafia boss
• 角马jiǎo mǎgnu; wildebeest
• 角动量jiǎo dòng liàngangular momentum
• 角化病jiǎo huà bìng(medicine) keratosis
• 角质层jiǎo zhì céngstratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
• 角质素jiǎo zhì sùkeratin
• 角速度jiǎo sù dùangular velocity

Words containing 角

• 三角sān jiǎotriangle; (math) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角学
• 主角zhǔ juéleading role; lead; protagonist
• 嘴角zuǐ jiǎocorner of the mouth
• 眼角yǎn jiǎoouter or inner corner of the eye; canthus
• 墙角qiáng jiǎocorner (junction of two walls)
• 视角shì jiǎoangle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint…
• 三角形sān jiǎo xíngtriangle
• 珠三角Zhū Sān jiǎoPearl River Delta
• 配角pèi juésupporting role; minor role; (of actors) to perform together
• 天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎothe ends of the earth; separated worlds apart
• 四角sì jiǎothe four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building
• 拐角guǎi jiǎoto turn a corner; corner
• 棱角léng jiǎoedge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion)
• 八角bā jiǎoanise; star anise; aniseed
• 五角大楼Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóuthe Pentagon
• 英语角Yīng yǔ jiǎoEnglish corner; spoken English practice group
• 长三角Cháng Sān jiǎoYangtze River Delta (abbr. for 长江三角洲
• 拐角处guǎi jiǎo chùstreet corner
• 衣角yī jiǎocorner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
• 口角kǒu jiǎocorner of the mouth
• 号角hào jiǎobugle horn
• 珠江三角洲Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōuPearl River Delta (PRD)
• 死角sǐ jiǎogap in coverage; gap in protection or defenses; neglected or overlooked area
• 崭露头角zhǎn lù tóu jiǎoto reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant

Characters that look like 角

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 条tiáostrip; item; article
• 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 枭xiāoowl; valiant; trafficker

Sounds the same

Read jiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脚foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 饺dumplings with meat filling
• 狡crafty; cunning; sly
• 缴to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 搅to disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 侥by mere luck
• 绞to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 皎bright; white
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate
• 铰scissors; to cut (with scissors)