漢字城 Kanji Fortress

角 angle

Also: corner

On'yomi
カク
Kun'yomi
かど、つの、すみ
Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
角 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A curved claw-like top hooks over a boxed-in body: a horn growing from a head, sharp at the corner where two lines meet.

A common word

  • 角 かど corner

Example sentences

  • そのかどをみぎにまがってください。

    Please turn right at that corner.

  • このうしのつのはながいですね。

    This cow's horns are long, aren't they?

Kanji that share a part

𠂊 is a component. 12 kanji share it in all.