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Keyword
angle
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig1953
Readings
かく
(65%)
かど
(21%)
がく
(8%)
かっ
(2%)
つの
(2%)
Composed of
𠂊
hook claw
冂
upside-down box
二
two
丨
stick
Mnemonic components
𠂊
hook claw
用
used for
Mnemonic

A hook claw is used for grabbing things, even things which are laying at an angle. (Imagine grabbing a teddy bear laying on its side in a claw crane.)

(The 丨 in 用 is missing here since it's not necessary to support whatever's being grabbed anymore.)

Used in kanji (10 in total)
解
unravel
触
touch
斛
a boatload
觚
???
6 more...
Used in vocabulary (529 in total)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
angle
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
526 more...
Examples (75 in total)
It's at the corner.
The shop is on the corner of the street.
He's at the next corner.
He was standing at the street corner.
Turn left at the corner.
He turned the corner.
I caught sight of her as she turned the corner.
As we went around the corner, the lake came into view.
We turned a corner and drove north.
Turn at the first corner to the right.
I watched the car disappearing slowly around the corner.
As we went around the corner, the lake came in sight.
I am afraid we are advancing in the wrong direction.
It may help to look at the problem from another angle.
We should approach this problem from different angles.
There's a bank on the corner.
We will consider the problem from a different angle.
We considered the problem from all angles.
A large truck came around the corner.
Our favorite place to eat is that small restaurant on the corner.
I bought this book at Kakuzen's.
There's a white building just around the corner.
There used to be a bookstore on that corner.
There is a bookstore just around the corner.
They are equally matched in their knowledge of English.
You must view the matter from different angles.
We need a square table, not a round one.
I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.
There used to be a bake-shop on this corner.
The museum is around the corner.
This road is full of sharp turns.
The accident took place at that corner.
The two students parted when they reached the corner.
Tom went to the corner store to buy milk.
The third house from the corner is Tom's.
They are equally matched in their knowledge of French.
It is hard to define "triangle."
The house where my father was born is just around the corner.
The shape of a box is usually square.
There used to be a post office on the corner.
There is a public telephone on that corner.
Tom earned money by playing his guitar on street corners.
Are there apple tarts at the corner bakery?
I caught a glimpse of him as he turned the corner.
These two lines are at right angles.
These lines meet at right angles.
These two lines cut across each other at right angles.
The two lines cross each other at right angles.
The two streets intersect at right angles.
An angle of 90 degrees is called a right angle.
I saw the old gentleman cross the street and enter a store on the corner.
Turn right at the second corner on the right.
Take the first turn to right and then go straight on.
Turn right at the next corner.
Turn right at the second corner.
Turn left at the next corner, and you'll find the station.
He turned to the left at the corner.
She turned to the left at the corner.
We turned left at the corner and drove north.
Take a left at the first corner.
Please turn left at the first corner.
Turn left at the next corner.
When you are driving, you should slow down on corners.
There's a pub just around the corner.
There used to be a drugstore on that corner.
A hexagon has six sides.
To catch the bull, grab its horns.
It's the tip of the iceberg.
A dreadful accident happened on the corner.
The child drew a spherical triangle.
At this corner there happened an accident that was to be remembered for years.
The firm has recently diversified its products so as to extend its market.
Cut the butternut squash into one-inch cubes.
The time will soon come when Japan will distinguish herself in winter sports.
The sum of all the angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.