角: angle | role

 

角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué

: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

 Usage:


角 jiao3: angle; horn

角度 jiao3du4: angle; point of view [かくど kakudo: angle]

角落 jiao3luo4: nook; corner

[角落ち | かくおち kakuochi: shogi game with the superior player playing without the kaku]

角伎 jiao3ji4: high-class prostitute; courtesan

角口 jiao3kou3: to quarrel

三角 san1jiao3: triangle [さんかく sankaku: triangle; triangular]

三角戀[恋]爱 san1jiao3 lian4ai4: love triangle
三角関係 | さんかくかんけい sankaku kankei: love triangle; eternal triangle

四角形 zi4jiao3 xing2: square; quadrilateral
[しかくけい shikaku kei OR しかっけい shikakkei: quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon]

OR 正方形 zheng4 fang1xing2: square

牆[墙]角 qiang2jiao3: corner (junction of two walls)

五角 wu3jiao3: pentagon [ごかく gokaku: pentagon]

六角形 liu4 jiao3 xing2: hexagon
[ろっかっけい rokkakkei OR ろっかくけい rokkakukei]

八角茴香 ba1 jiao3 hui2 xiang1: Chinese anise; star anise; Fructus Anisi stellati
[はっかくういきょう hakkakuuikyou: (kana only) star anise (Illicium verum)]

視[视]角 shi4jiao3: viewpoint; angle on something; perspective
[視角 | しかく shikaku: visual angle]

海角 hai3jiao3: cape; promontory

*天涯海角 tian1 ya2 hai3 jiao3: the ends of the earth; separated worlds apart
: Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚 San1 ya4, Hainan

牛角 niu2jiao3: cow horn
[ぎゅうかく gyuukaku: horns]

牛角麵包 [牛角面包] niu2 jiao3 mian4 bao1: croissant

角 jue2: role

角色 jue2se4: role; character in a novel; persona

[役柄 | やくがら yakugara: role]  
角色扮演遊戲 [角色扮演游戏] jue2 se4 ban4 yan3 you2 xi4: role-playing game
[ロールプレイングゲーム ro-rupureingu ge-mu: role-playing game; RPG]

角力 jue2li4: wrestling; a trial of strength [すもう sumou: sumo wrestling
: (Abbreviation) sumo wrestler; rikishi]

角界 | かくかい kakukai: the world of Sumo

角抵 jue2di3: wrestling; to wrestle

角逐 jue2zhu2: to tussle; to contend; to contest
[かくちく kakuchiku: competition; vieing with]

角鬥[斗] jue2dou4: to wrestle

主角 zhu3jue2: leading role; lead

丑角 chou3jue2: clown role in opera; clown; buffoon

反角 fan3jue2: bad guy (in a story); villain

口角 kou3jue2: altercation; wrangle; angry argument
[こうかく koukaku: corners of the mouth]

名角 ming2jue2: famous actor

Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
蝸牛角上 | かぎゅうかくじょう kagyuu kakujou
: (yoji) trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries

矯角殺牛 | きょうかくさつぎゅう kyoukaku satsugyuu
: (yoji) trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing. The cure is worse than the disease

口角泡を飛ばす | こうかくあわをとばす koukaku awa o tobasu
: to engage in a heated discussion

兎にも角にも | とにもかくにも tonimokakunimo
: (kana only) anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

四角四面な人 | しかくしめんなひと shikaku shimenna hito
: prim (stuffy) person; squared-toed person

物も言い様で角が立つ | ものもいいようでかどがたつ mono mo ii youde kado ga tatsu
: Harsh words make the going rough. People may be offended (or not) by the way you speak

目を三角にする | めをさんかくにする me o sankaku ni suru
: to look daggers at someone; to be angry

蝸牛角上の争い | かぎゅうかくじょうのあらそい kagyuu kaku jou no arasoi
: fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill

角を矯めて牛を殺す | つのをためてうしをころす tsuno o tamete ushi o korosu
: to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a camel and swallow a gnat; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point

豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね | とうふのかどにあたまをぶつけてしね
toufu no kado ni atama o butsukete shine
: take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
鑽牛角 [钻牛角] zuan1 niu2 jiao3
: lit. honing a bull’s horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one’s head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs
OR
鑽牛角尖 [钻牛角尖] zuan1 niu2 jiao3 jian1

嶄露頭角 [崭露头角] zhan3 lu4 tou2 jiao3
: to reveal outstanding talent; to stand out as conspicuously brilliant

初露頭角 [初露头角] chu1 lu4 tou2 jiao3
: lit. to first show one’s horns. fig. a first show of emerging talent; first sign of emerging talent; budding genius

*地角天涯 di4 jiao3 tian1 ya2
: The ends of the earth

牛角掛書 [牛角挂书] niu2 jiao3 gua4 shu1
: lit. to hang one’s books on cow horns; fig. to be diligent in one’s studies

頭角崢嶸 [头角峥嵘] tou2 jiao3 zheng1 rong2
: promise of brilliant young person; showing extraordinary gifts

鳳毛麟角 [凤毛麟角] feng4 mao2 lin2 jiao3
: lit. phoenix feather and unicorn horn, fig. an extremely rare object
OR
麟角鳳觜 [麟角凤觜] lin2 jiao3 feng4 zui3
: lit. qilin’s horn, phoenix’s mouth; fig. rara avis; rarity

總角之交 [总角之交] zong3 jiao3 zhi1 jiao1
: childhood friend

勾心鬥角 [勾心斗角] gou1 xin1 dou4 jiao3
: to fight and scheme against each other; (in palace construction) elaborate and refined