角

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angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

A rhinoceros or other animal horn

Components ⺈用

angle · Heisig RSH #1362

bound up + rack — as a component also called: safe

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
光化性角化病	guāng huà xìng jiǎo huà bìng	(medicine) actinic keratosis, aka solar keratosis
三角学	sān jiǎo xué	trigonometry
角子	jiǎo zi	one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
金三角	Jīn sān jiǎo	Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
大眼角	dà yǎn jiǎo	inner corner of the eye
角头	jiǎo tóu	gang leader; mafia boss
头角	tóu jiǎo	youngster's talent; brilliance of youth
三角法	sān jiǎo fǎ	trigonometry (math.)
长三角	Cháng Sān jiǎo	Yangtze River Delta (abbr. for 長江三角洲\|长江三角洲[Chang2 jiang1 San1 jiao3 zhou1])
小眼角	xiǎo yǎn jiǎo	outer corner of the eye
平面角	píng miàn jiǎo	plane angle
角马	jiǎo mǎ	gnu; wildebeest
角平分线	jiǎo píng fēn xiàn	angle bisector
多角体	duō jiǎo tǐ	polyhedron
海角	hǎi jiǎo	cape; promontory
多面角	duō miàn jiǎo	solid angle
分角器	fēn jiǎo qì	a protractor (device to divide angles)
名角儿	míng jué r	erhua variant of 名角[ming2 jue2]
角化病	jiǎo huà bìng	(medicine) keratosis
分角线	fēn jiǎo xiàn	(Tw) angle bisector

These characters use 角 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
角 sound part	jiǎo	angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
确	què	certain, sure; definite, exact; real, true
斛	hú	ancient measuring vessel; unit of volume, about 50 liters
桷	jué	rafter; Malus toringo