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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *角* | 角* | *角
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
angle / point of view
HSK 2
role; part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]
HSK 4
leading role; lead / protagonist
HSK 6
corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot; nook
HSK 7-9
triangle
HSK 7-9
angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view
HSK 7-9
edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner
HSK 7-9
to tussle / to contend / to contest
HSK 7-9
gladiator
horn
cutin / keratin
(bird species of China) oriental scops owl (Otus sunia)
garrison trumpet call
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
North Point district of Hong Kong
contact lens
supporting role; minor role / (of actors) to perform together
non-playable character (in a role-playing game)
hexagonal nut
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
Giethoorn (city in the Netherlands)
unicorn
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
triangle
scalene triangle
antenna / feeler
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
to wrestle / (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle / Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
(geometry) a diagonal
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
angle bisector
triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
youngster's talent / brilliance of youth
cow horn
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
hexagon
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *角* | 角* | *角
surname Jue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *角* | 角* | *角
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
corner (between walls)
Pearl River Delta (PRD)
corner of the mouth
altercation; wrangle; angry argument
outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
a right angle
the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
bevel angle / oblique angle
cape / promontory
bugle horn
to wrestle / wrestling
monodrama / one-man show / comic talk
polyhedron
polygon / same as 多邊形|多边形
wide-angle lens
gang leader / mafia boss
equilateral triangle
love triangle
Allen key / hex key
Cape of Good Hope
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
(astronomy) Spica
slot machine
anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati
opposite angle
antler / deer horn / abatis
pyramid
corner (junction of two walls)
triangular pyramid (math.)
tip of the iceberg
forehead / temples
trigonometry
lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
triangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
acute angle
corner of the mouth
scrap / bits and pieces left over
wide angle camera shot
corner gate
anterior chamber (the front chamber of the eye)
Mekong River Delta
set square / triangle (for drawing right angles)
isosceles triangle
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
keratitis (inflammation of the cornea)
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
pentagon
ergot
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
(literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head; (fig.) childhood
protractor / angle gauge

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