HSK 3 · Common Objects

角 jiǎo “horn” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 角 means

  1. horn
  2. angle
  3. unit of money
  4. corner
  5. horn-shaped
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)

Measure word 个 gè · 一个角 yí ge jiǎo

How to say 角

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale角jiǎo3rd tone, dipping

角 in a sentence

  1. 牛有角。

    Niú yǒu jiǎo.

    Cows have horns.

    Sentence #10522506 from Tatoeba

  2. 正方形有四个角。

    Zhèngfāngxíng yǒu sì ge jiǎo.

    A square has four corners.

    Sentence #1582763 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请在那个拐角左转。

    Qǐng zài nà ge guǎijiǎo zuǒ zhuǎn.

    Please turn left at that corner.

    Sentence #3630206 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 角 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 角 (jiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
角jiǎoangle
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 用use · yòng

How to write 角

角 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

角 (jiǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 角 (jiǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 角

Words with 角

角色juésè · role角度jiǎodù · angle角落jiǎoluò · corner

More words: Everyday Things

公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park关系guānxi · relation机会jīhuì · opportunity节日jiérì · holiday刻kè · quarter hour空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning筷子kuàizi · chopsticks

FAQs

角 (jiǎo) means “horn” or “angle”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiǎo: jiǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 角 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one horn is 一个角 (yí ge jiǎo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 角 from the suggestions. Typing jiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
角 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.