Moto 角: Angle; Corner; SquareKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カク
- Kun'yomi
- かど、つの
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 515 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カク)
- 多角たかくmany-sided; versatile
- 一角いっかくcorner; section
- 角度かくどangle
- 内角ないかくinterior angle; internal angle
- 外角がいかくexternal angle; exterior angle
- 三角さんかくtriangle; triangular shape
- 互角ごかくequal (in ability); even
- 多角的たかくてきmultilateral; many-sided
- 頭角とうかくtop of the head
- 三角形さんかくけいtriangle
- 角界かくかいthe world of sumo
- 角膜かくまくcornea
- 三角関係さんかくかんけいlove triangle; eternal triangle
- 兎に角とにかくanyhow; at any rate
- 兎も角ともかくanyhow; anyway
- 兎角とかく(doing) various things; (doing) this and that
- 六角ろっかくhexagon
- 口角こうかくcorners of the mouth
- 四角しかくquadrilateral; square
- 四角いしかくいsquare; rectangular
- 広角こうかくwide-angle
- 折角せっかくwith trouble; at great pains
- 方角ほうがくdirection; way
- 死角しかくblind spot (e.g. of a driver)
- 直角ちょっかくright angle; perpendicular
- 真四角ましかくsquare
- 視角しかくvisual angle
- 角材かくざいsquared timber; rectangular lumber
- 角質かくしつkeratin; corneum
- 鋭角えいかくacute angle
- せん断抵抗角せんだんていこうかくangle of shearing resistance
- たわみ角法たわみかくほうslope deflection method
- なす角なすかくformed angle; angle made
- まっ四角まっしかくsquare
- ま四角ましかくsquare
- アジマス角アジマスかくazimuth angle
- パスカルの三角形パスカルのさんかくけいPascal's triangle
- ルーローの三角形ルーローのさんかくけいReuleaux triangle
- 一角犀いっかくさいgreat one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis); Indian rhinoceros
- 一角獣いっかくじゅうunicorn
- 一角獣座いっかくじゅうざMonoceros (constellation); the Unicorn
- 七角形しちかっけいheptagon
- 三角カンさんかくカンtriangular tin; triangular can
- 三角コーナーさんかくコーナーtriangular sink tidy (usu. used to strain waste)
- 三角ベースさんかくベースbaseball played without a second base (children's game)
- 三角函数さんかくかんすうtrigonometric function
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 角かどcorner; edge
- 街角まちかどstreet corner
- 曲がり角まがりかどstreet corner; road turn
- 四つ角よつかどfour corners
- 町角まちかどstreet corner
- 角地かどちcorner lot
- わさ角わさづのstick with deer antlers attached (used by monks as a walking stick)
- アフリカの角アフリカのつのHorn of Africa
- 一角の人物ひとかどのじんぶつsomebody (important); person of importance
- 一角の人間ひとかどのにんげんsomebody (important); person of importance
- 三つ角みつかどthree corners
Other readings
- サイ角さいかくrhinoceros horn
- 一般角いっぱんかくgeneral angle
- 一角サイいっかくさいgreat one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis); Indian rhinoceros
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