角
Angle
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| None | かく | 勹 + 用 |
Meaning: Angle
You have an enclosure trying to enclose the elephant. But, as you can see already, the elephant is way too big for it. No matter what angle you turn the elephant, you’re unable to get it inside the enclosure.
Imagine yourself turning the elephant in all different directions. You turn it at a 90 degree angle. A 60 degree angle. A 20 degree angle… nothing works – no matter what angle you turn it at, the elephant won’t fit in.
Reading: かく
You finally figure out the right angle to get the elephant into the enclosure. Wow, this is great! But, the moment you start squeezing it in, you hear a big squawk. The enclosure is already filled with cocks (かく), and they’re all flying around fighting with each other, and scratching the elephant too.
This causes the elephant to freak out, destroying the enclosure in the process. Thousands of these roosters (cocks) stream out and fly everywhere, darkening the sky with how many there are.
Vocabulary
When the double moon is in the air (as it is now, because nobody could enclose it), the COCK will crow. Cooka-doodle-doo.
Just imagine a ton of Roosters (COCKs) crowing… like, a ridiculous number of them. Thousands. It’s maddening and deafening.
角（かく）＝ Angle
三角（さんかく）＝ Triangle
- 三 (three) + 角 (angle)
四角（しかく）＝ Square
- 四 (four) + 角 (angle)
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