horn

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of animal horns in oracle-bone and seal script, depicting the curved or spiral horns of creatures such as cattle, oxen, or rhinoceroses.

Mnemonic: The curved, spiral-like strokes resemble the twisted horns of an animal.

• 角jiǎo🔊

  angle

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 觔jīn🔊

  variant of 筋[jin1]

  9 strokes

• 觖jué🔊

  dissatisfied

  11 strokes

• 觚gū🔊

  goblet

  12 strokes

• 觝dǐ🔊

  to butt

  12 strokes

• 觞shāng🔊

  feast

  12 strokes

• 解jiě🔊

  to divide

  HSK 6

  13 strokes

• 触chù🔊

  to touch

  13 strokes

• 觜zī🔊

  number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座

  13 strokes

• 觡gé🔊

  horns

  13 strokes

• 觥gōng🔊

  big

  13 strokes

• 觧jiě🔊

  variant of 解[jie3]

  13 strokes

• 觩qiú🔊

  bent upwards

  14 strokes

• 觫sù🔊

  used in 觳觫[hu2 su4]

  14 strokes

• 觭jī🔊

  odd

  15 strokes

• 觯zhì🔊

  goblet

  15 strokes

• 觱bì🔊

  fever

  16 strokes

• 觳hú🔊

  ancient measuring vessel (same as 斛)

  17 strokes

• 觵gōng🔊

  old variant of 觥[gong1]

  18 strokes

• 觺yí🔊

  (of animal horn) sharp

  21 strokes

• 觼jué🔊

  buckle

  21 strokes

• 觾yàn🔊

  variant of 燕[yan4], swallow

  23 strokes

• 觿xī🔊

  ivory bodkin for undoing knots

  25 strokes