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直角 (chokkaku) Japanese meaning: right angle | Kotomora
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This triangle has a right angle.
The wall and the floor meet at a right angle.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 直ちょっ 角かく に 交まじ わる for two lines/surfaces to meet at a right angle
This road meets the neighboring road at a right angle.
〈 物もの 〉 を 直ちょっ 角かく に 曲ま げる to bend something into a right angle
I bent the wire into a right angle.
直ちょっ 角かく に 曲ま がる to turn at a right angle (e.g. a road or vehicle)
The car turned at a right angle at the intersection.
〈 物もの 〉 が 直ちょっ 角かく をなす for two lines to form a right angle
These two lines form a right angle.
Kanji 直 straightaway, honesty, frankness Opposites 鋭角 is an angle smaller than 90 degrees, in contrast to 直角, which is exactly 90 degrees.
鈍角 is an angle larger than 90 degrees, in contrast to 直角, which is exactly 90 degrees.
水平 means horizontal or level, contrasting with the perpendicular orientation that 直角 implies.
Don't confuse with 直角 refers to a 90-degree angle itself, whereas 垂直 describes the perpendicular relationship between two lines or surfaces.
鋭角 refers to any angle under 90 degrees, whereas 直角 refers specifically to an angle of exactly 90 degrees.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 直 (straight, direct) and 角 (angle). The reading ちょっかく is the on'yomi of both characters.
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等とう
辺へん
三さん
角かく
形けい
