角
jiǎojuéJué HSK2

horn

角 jiǎo frequency
angle or corner noun
a geometric angle or the point where two lines or surfaces meet

他在房间的墙角放了一盆花。

tā zài fáng​jiān de qiáng jiǎo fàng le yī pén huā.

He placed a pot of flowers in the corner of the room.

horn noun
an animal's horn or a horn-shaped object

这头公牛的角非常大。

zhè tóu gōng​niú de jiǎo fēi​cháng dà.

This bull has very large horns.

unit of money measure word
a unit of Chinese currency equal to 0.1 yuan or 10 cents

这瓶水卖两角钱。

zhè píng shuǐ mài liǎng jiǎo qián.

This bottle of water costs twenty cents.

角 jué
musical note noun
the third note of the traditional Chinese pentatonic scale

这一段优美的旋律以角音开头，听起来十分清新舒畅。

zhè yī duàn yōu​měi de xuán​lǜ yǐ jué yīn kāi​tóu, tīng qi​lai shí​fēn qīng​xīn shū​chàng.

This beautiful melody begins with the 'jue' note, sounding very fresh and pleasant.

role noun
a character or part played by an actor in a theater or film

他在京剧中扮演一个重要的角。

tā zài Jīng​jù zhōng bàn​yǎn yī gè zhòng​yào de jué.

He plays an important role in Peking Opera.

wine vessel noun
an ancient Chinese three-legged bronze wine container

博物馆展示了一件商代的青铜角。

bó​wù​guǎn zhǎn​shì le yī jiàn Shāng​dài de qīng​tóng jué.

The museum displays a bronze 'jue' wine vessel from the Shang Dynasty.

compete noun
to contend, struggle, or compete for superiority

两支球队在决赛中狭路相逢，展开了激烈的角力。

liǎng zhī qiú​duì zài jué​sài zhōng xiá​lù​xiāng​féng, zhǎn​kāi le jī​liè de jué​lì.

The two teams met in the final and engaged in an intense struggle for dominance.

角 Jué
Jue proper name
surname Jue

角先生是我们学校的特聘教授，在学术界很有名气。

Jué xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men xué​xiào de tè​pìn jiào​shòu, zài xué​shù​jiè hěn yǒu míng​qi.

Mr. Jiao is a distinguished professor at our school and is quite well-known in academia.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
736th most common 258.8 per million
Movie subtitles
703rd most common 186.5 per million appears in 58% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
40.4 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
44.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+89D2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)