# 角 — Angle

Frequency rank 649 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 老 (Elderly), less common than 障 (Hinder).

- On’yomi: かく
- Kun’yomi: かど、つの
- Radical: 角 Horn (Kangxi 148)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

The character 角 (angle) looks like a horn or antler branching at sharp angles — the pointed corner where two edges meet, forming an angle.

In words:

- 角 かど — a corner
- 角度 かくど — angle
- 方角 ほうがく — direction,way,compass point

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