Entry
  1. Noun

    square nail; square peg

    ジョンとキャシーは興味も性格も違う。その二人を一緒にさせようとするのは丸穴に角釘を打つようなものだ。
    John and Cathy have different tastes and different characters. Trying to get them together is like putting a square peg in a round hole.

Also written 角くぎ【かくくぎ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

angle, corner, square, horn, antlers

Kun
かどつの
On
カク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
805 of 2500
Radical
horn
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

すみずみふさ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-5, 3-4-3SKIP code
2n5.1The Kanji Dictionary
2722.7Four corner code
2545deroo
89d2Unicode hex code
1-19-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4301Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5543New Nelson (John Haig)
2047New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2541Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1293Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1761Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1812Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1953Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
714A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
547Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
273Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35003Morohashi
243A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
473Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
481Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
173sakade
891Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
97henshall3
138Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
716Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1650Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1829Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiao3, jia3, jue2Pinyin reading
gagKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

nail, tack, peg

Kun
くぎ
On
テイチョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2496 of 2500
Radical
gold

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-8-2SKIP code
8a2.4The Kanji Dictionary
8112.0Four corner code
91d8Unicode hex code
1-37-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4816Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6217New Nelson (John Haig)
1667New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1489Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2766Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2788Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1154Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
40159Morohashi
ding1, ding4Pinyin reading
jeongKorean reading