Radical 148
| 角 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 角 (U+89D2) "horn" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | jiǎo | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧㄠˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | chiao3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gok, luhk | |
| Jyutping: | gok3, luk6 | |
| Japanese Kana: | カク kaku (on'yomi) つの tsuno / かど kado (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 각 gak | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 角/つの tsuno 角偏/つのへん/かくへん tsunohen/kakuhen | |
| Hangul: | 뿔 ppul | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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Radical 148 or radical horn (角部) meaning "horn" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 158 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
角 is also the 165th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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			 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
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			 Bronze script character Bronze script character
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			 Large seal script character Large seal script character
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			 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 角 | 
| +2 | 觓 觔 (=斤 -> 斤 / 筋 -> 竹) | 
| +4 | 觕 (=粗 -> 米) 觖 觗 觘 觙 | 
| +5 | 觚 觛 觝 觞SC (=觴) | 
| +6 | 觜 觟 觠 觡 觢 解 觤 觥 触SC/JP (=觸) 觧 (=解 / 鮮 -> 魚) | 
| +7 | 觨 觩 觪 觫 | 
| +8 | 觬 觭 觮 觯SC (=觶) | 
| +9 | 觰 觱 | 
| +10 | 觲 觳 | 
| +11 | 觴 鵤 | 
| +12 | 觵 觶 | 
| +13 | 觷 觸 觹 | 
| +14 | 觺 | 
| +15 | 觻 觼 | 
| +16 | 觽 觾 | 
| +18 | 觿 | 
Variant forms
This radical character has different forms and stroke orders in different languages.
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			 Stroke order in Traditional Chinese Stroke order in Traditional Chinese
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			 Stroke order in Japanese Stroke order in Japanese
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			.svg.png) Simplified Chinese xin zixing Simplified Chinese xin zixing
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
See also

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