TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
角
ㄐㄧㄠˇ · jiǎo/jué
noun — (jiǎo) a horn; a corner, an angle — (jué) a role; to contend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
角形an animal's horn, drawn whole — the ridged tip and the lines down its lengththe inner strokes are the horn's grain, not a separate piece
A horn drawn whole — the pointed tip and the ridges running down it. The picture holds in the modern graph. From the horn jutting out come the corner and the angle (jiǎo): 角落, 角度. Read jué, it turns to the part one plays and the contest of horns locked: 角色, 角逐. As a base it builds 觸、解.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻尖角從頭上突出，紋路順著往下——那是角。
A pointed horn juts up, its ridges running down the length — that is 角.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
jiǎo
(本義)角— a horn常用
→角落、角度— corner; angle常用
jué
(假借)角色— a role, a part one plays常用
→角逐— to contend, to vie — horns locked
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension