Kanji

角

角

angle, corner, square, horn, antlers

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

角部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かど, つの

Nanori (Name Reading)

かど, すみ, つぬ, つの, ふさ, み

Common Readings

カク, かど, つの

Example sentences

角 かど
次の角を右に曲がってください。

Please turn right at the next corner.

左 ひだり
次の角を左に曲がると駅が見えます。

If you turn left at the next corner, you will see the station.

角度 かくど
物事を違う角度から考えてみることも大切だ。

It is also important to try thinking about things from a different angle.

あらゆる あらゆる
あらゆる角度から検討した結果、この計画を採用することにした。

After considering it from all angles, we decided to adopt this plan.

一角 いっかく
彼は街の一角に店を構えた

He set up a shop in a corner of the city.

洋館 ようかん
街の静かな一角に、明治時代に建てられた古い洋館が残っている。

In a quiet corner of town, an old Western-style building built in the Meiji era remains.

方角 ほうがく
地図を見ても、どちらの方角へ進めばいいのか分からなくなった。

Even looking at the map, I became unsure which direction to go.

むかう むかう
船は西の方角へむかっている。

The ship is heading in the westward direction.

折角 せっかく
折角準備したのに雨で中止になった。

Even though I prepared with great effort, it was cancelled due to rain.

死角 しかく
運転中はバックミラーの死角に注意してください。

Please be careful of the rearview mirror's blind spots while driving.

Example Vocabulary

角

かど

corner; edge

角度

かくど

angle; perspective; standpoint

一角

いっかく

corner; section; a part; a portion

方角

ほうがく

direction; bearing; quarter

折角

せっかく

with trouble; at great pains; precious; especially

死角

しかく

blind spot; dead angle

角

かど

corner; edge

互角

ごかく

evenly matched; equal

口角

こうかく

corners of the mouth

四角い

しかくい

square; rectangular

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