Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
horn
Parts:
angle, corner, square, horn, antlers
Kun:
かどつの
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
805 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 角 【カク】 angle, square, cube, bishop, third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
  • 角界 【カクカイ】 the world of sumo
  • 内角 【ナイカク】 interior angle, internal angle, inside corner
  • 外角 【ガイカク】 external angle, exterior angle, outside corner

Kun reading compounds

  • 角 【かど】 corner, edge, (street) corner, turning, rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness
  • 角地 【かどち】 corner lot
  • 四つ角 【よつかど】 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
  • 塩角 【しおかど】 sharp taste of (refined) salt
  • 角 【つの】 horn, antler, antenna, feeler, tentacle (e.g. of a snail), horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
  • 角隠し 【つのかくし】 bride's head-dress
  • 枝角 【えだづの】 antler
  • 豊穣の角 【ほうじょうのつの】 cornucopia, horn of plenty

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 す、 すみ、 ずみ、 ふさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao3, jia3, jue2
Korean:
gag

Spanish

  • ángulo
  • esquina
  • cuadrado
  • cuerno

Portuguese

  • ângulo
  • canto
  • chifre

French

  • angle
  • coin
  • carré
  • corne
  • bois (andouillers)
173 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
97 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
243 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
714 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4301 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
273 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
891 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
547 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
473 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
481 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
716 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1650 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2541 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1761 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1829 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35003 Morohashi
2047 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5543 New Nelson (John Haig)
1812 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1953 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
138 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2545 2001 Kanji
2n5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
2722.7 Four corner code
1-19-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89d2 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
  • 氷山 【ヒョウザン】 iceberg
  • 海氷 【カイヒョウ】 sea ice
  • 解氷 【カイヒョウ】 a thaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 氷 【こおり】 ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
  • 氷水 【こおりみず】 ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
  • 人造氷 【じんぞうこおり】 artificial ice
  • 雪氷 【せっぴょう】 snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow
  • 氷 【ひ】 ice, hail
  • 氷柱 【つらら】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
  • 薄ら氷 【うすらひ】 thin ice
  • 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over

Readings

Japanese names:
すい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing1
Korean:
bing

Spanish

  • hielo
  • congelado

Portuguese

  • estalactite
  • gelo
  • granizo
  • geada
  • congela

French

  • glace
  • glaçon
  • grêle
  • geler
  • congeler
498 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
401 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
378 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1222 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
131 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
820 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
662 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
140 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1206 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1269 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1153 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
43 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
25 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
133 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17087 Morohashi
39 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3032 New Nelson (John Haig)
131 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
259 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a1.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-3 SKIP code
3223.0 Four corner code
1-41-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c37 Unicode hex code