字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE菁1.1 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
角
角 horn, corner
つの tsuno
7 strokesRadical of 3 kanjiPart of 2
Your ink in 角0% painted · 0 of 3 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A horn. A conservative version is 𧢲.
Source: Wiktionary, 角 (rev. 93647839), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Sharp and sturdy! Imagine the curved horn of a bull or a goat, used to mark territory or as a cup for drinking. This radical represents the sharp "corners" of the world and the "senses" we use to touch and perceive our surroundings. When you see it, think of an angle, a protruding point, and the direct "contact" someone makes with an object.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates horns, corners, angles, physical contact (touch), perception (senses), or used as a measurement of degree and position.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 角, with sourced origins
- 解unravelカイ · とく
角 + 刀 + 牛
A knife separates a horn from a cow, i.e. “cut up (an ox)”.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 触contactショク · ふれる
角 + 蜀sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, 觸, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 角 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 3 kanji