HSK 6 · Places

角落 jiǎoluò “corner” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 角落 means

  1. corner
  2. nook
  3. corner (of a room, courtyard etc)
  4. (fig.) remote spot

How to say 角落

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale角jiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale落luò4th tone, falling

角落 in a sentence

  1. 人类居住在世界的每一个角落。

    Rénlèi jūzhù zài shìjiè de měi yí ge jiǎoluò.

    Humans live in every corner of the world.

    Sentence #5997665 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 坐在角落的那个男人是谁？

    Zuò zài jiǎoluò de nà ge nánrén shì shéi?

    Who’s the man sitting in the corner?

    Sentence #415702 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 放角落里。

    Fàng jiǎoluò lǐ.

    Put it in the corner.

    Sentence #11679654 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 角落 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
The character 落 (luò) with each of its parts in a different colour
落luòto fall or drop
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 洛a river in the Shanxi province · luòSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 洛 (luò) hints at the sound. Compare it with luò.

How to write 角落

角 7 strokes · 落 12 strokes

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

Words related to 角落

Words with 角

角jiǎo · horn角色juésè · role角度jiǎodù · angle

Words with 落

降落jiàngluò · to descend落后luòhòu · to fall behind堕落duòluò · to degenerate落成luòchéng · to be completed (building)冷落lěngluò · to snub落实luòshí · to put into effect丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

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FAQs

角落 (jiǎoluò) means “corner” or “nook”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎoluò: jiǎo with a 3rd tone, then luò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 角落 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoluo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 角落 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoluo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
角落 is an HSK 6 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.