角 — angle; corner; horn
angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped
- Pinyin
- jiǎo · jué · Jué
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
This character has more than one reading — jiǎo, jué, Jué — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 角: 7 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 角 in the HSK syllabus: 12
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn; horn-shapedHSK 3
- 角度jiǎodùangle; point of viewHSK 5
- 角色juésèrole; partHSK 5
- 角落jiǎoluòcorner; remote spot; nookHSK 6
- 主角zhǔjuéleading role; lead; protagonistHSK 6
- 冰山一角bīngshān-yìjiǎotip of the icebergHSK 7–9
- 凤毛麟角fèngmáo-línjiǎolit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn hornsHSK 7–9
- 角逐juézhúto tussle; to contend; to contestHSK 7–9
- 棱角léngjiǎoedge and corner; protrusion; sharpness; craggyHSK 7–9
- 配角pèijuésupporting role; minor role; to perform togetherHSK 7–9
- 三角sānjiǎotriangle; trigonometryHSK 7–9
- 视角shìjiǎoangle from which one observes an objectHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.