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角

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎo#

angle
corner
horn
horn-shaped
unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
Classifier: 個 gè

Mandarin · pinyin jué#

role (theater)
to compete
ancient three legged wine vessel
third note of pentatonic scale

Mandarin · pinyin Jué#

surname Jue

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角: jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica

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3 · jiao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gok2 · gok3 · luk6

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character

horn; antler
point
corner
(mathematics) angle
(geography) cape; point; headland
dumpling
(Hokkien) side (as a directional term, used with 這／这 (chit) and 彼 (hit))
(Hokkien) chunk; lump; piece
(Hokkien) chipped or damaged portion of something
(numismatics) Classifier for money: one tenth of a yuan or dollar
Classifier for things divided into pieces: quarter; slice
(Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien) A suffix for masculine animals.
role; part; character
actor; actress
(gaming) short for 角色 (juésè) (Classifier: 隻／只)
(music) bugle; horn
(music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
to contend; to compete; to challenge
(～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
a surname

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 角里 (former placename, located in Jiangsu province, now Zhūjiājiǎo)

character

only used in 角角 (gǔgǔ)

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