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角 means 'corner' or 'horn'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 148    Frequency: 700   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-6    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 40    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 142 words   Used in 465 words   Used in 1022 names   Component in 46 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カク
Kun
   かど corner   つの horn
Additional readings
Name    い   す   すみ   ずみ   ふさ
Variants
𧢲 (Chinese)   ⻆ (Chinese)   ⾓ (Chinese)  
Notes
In Chinese fonts and occasionally in Japanese fonts, the lower part of this character looks like 用 (to use). In Japanese, it typically looks like 土 (ground; earth) enclosed by 冂 (wide). Note that a separate character ⻆ (corner) which is visually identical to the Chinese form also exists, as does a modified form 𧢲 (corner) with a lower element closer to 肉 (meat) (both only used in Chinese).
Find out what kind of horn 角 represents, and see why there’s a horn in 解 (untie). Also learn what a caterpillar needs with a horn in 触 (touch).
Components
⿱  ⺈ (ク) corner  用 to use  
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See also
負 defeat  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 角 is used 18 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 角 is used 437 times, read 3 ways (with 5 variations).
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カク : 346 words FIND ALL
か く ど 1
angle
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カク (read as かっ) : 9 words FIND ALL
か っ か い 0
noun
the world of sumo  (sumo term)
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カク (read as がく) : 3 words FIND ALL
ほ う が く 0
noun
direction; way; compass point
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つの : 41 words FIND ALL
つ の ぶ え 0
noun
horn; hunting horn
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かど : 31 words FIND ALL
よ つ か ど 0
noun
four corners; crossroads
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つの (read as づの) : 2 words FIND ALL
は な づ の 0
noun
rhinoceros horn  (archaic)
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ずみ: 1 word. FIND ALL
で ず み 0
Most common form: 出隅
noun
external corner angle of two walls, planes, etc.  (see also: 入隅)
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すみ: 4 words. FIND ALL
noun
internal angle of two walls, planes, etc.
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An additional 負 less common words include 角 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 97 (originally: 243)  Joy o' Kanji : 243  Key to Kanji: 119 

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角
カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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⺈
corner
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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