Jisho

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隅

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
冂 厶 阡 日 田 禹
corner, nook
Kun:
すみ
On:
グウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1601 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隅角 【グウカク】 iridocorneal angle, angulus iridocornealis, corner
  • 一隅 【イチグウ】 corner, nook
  • 四隅 【ヨスミ】 four corners, four ordinal directions

Kun reading compounds

  • 隅 【すみ】 corner, nook, recess, downstage right (on a noh stage)
  • 隅々 【すみずみ】 every corner, every nook and cranny, all the ins and outs
  • 四隅 【よすみ】 four corners, four ordinal directions
  • 一隅 【いちぐう】 corner, nook

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • esquina
  • rincón

Portuguese

  • esquina
  • canto

French

  • coin
  • recoin
1187 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1686 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5009 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
990 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1566 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1640 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1753 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1239 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
744 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1977 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41743X Morohashi
623 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6467 New Nelson (John Haig)
1958 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2108 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1599 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2d9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-2-8 SKIP code
7622.7 Four corner code
1-22-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9685 Unicode hex code

角

7 strokes
Radical:
horn 角
Parts:
｜ 勹 月 角
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