角

Alternative forms
In the character 角 in traditional Chinese, as well as in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese, the central vertical stroke does not extend below the last horizontal line, the one formed by the seventh, last stroke. This creates an appearance roughly equivalent to 土 enclosed in the top part of 冂.

However, in simplified Chinese, the central vertical stroke in 角 extends to the bottom of the character (as in 用). This difference applies to all simplified Chinese characters containing this ⾓|radical.

Note that the Chinese and Japanese stroke order is slightly different for the fifth and sixth strokes, as illustrated in the animations above.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/角

Glyph origin
– a horn.

Etymology
From (STEDT). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,. The Tibeto-Burman *-ŋ final variant is reflected in. Possibly also related to.

A derivative is, named for its horn-like shape.

It is probably unrelated with ( < ) and  despite the phonological and semantic resemblance between the three.

Definitions

 * 1) horn; antler
 * 2) point
 * 3) corner
 * 4)  angle
 * 5)  cape; point; headland
 * 6)  one tenth of a yuan or dollar
 * 7) role; part; character
 * 8) actor; actress
 * 9)  bugle; horn
 * 10)  third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
 * 11) to contend; to compete; to challenge
 * 12)    one of
 * 13)  A suffix to denote masculine animals
 * 14)  side
 * 15)  chunk; lump; piece
 * 16)  chipped or damaged portion of something
 * 1)  A suffix to denote masculine animals
 * 2)  side
 * 3)  chunk; lump; piece
 * 4)  chipped or damaged portion of something

Synonyms




Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From, in turn, from.

Possibly cognate with and.

Noun

 * 1) a corner (e.g., of a desk; compare 隅)
 * 2) an edge
 * 3) a street corner
 * 1) a street corner

Etymology 2
First attested in 718. Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  angle
 * 2)  cape, headland, point
 * 3) A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行.
 * 1) A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行.

Etymology 3
From. First attested in the  of 720. From.

Noun

 * 1) horn, antler

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.