頭角

See also: 头角

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (頭角)		頭	角
simp. (头角)		头	角
anagram		角頭／角头
Literally: “protruding part of the left and right bones on the top of a person's head”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóujiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóujiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chiao³
    • Yale: tóu-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjeau
    • Palladius: тоуцзяо (touczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóujiǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujiǎor
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chiao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: tóu-jyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjeaul
    • Palladius: тоуцзяор (touczjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ gok³
    • Yale: tàuh gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-kak
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'kag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ kak̚³²/

Noun

頭角

1. (figurative) youngster's talent; brilliance of youth

Derived terms

• 初露頭角／初露头角
• 嶄露頭角／崭露头角 (zhǎnlùtóujiǎo)
• 露頭角／露头角
• 頭角兒／头角儿
• 頭角崢嶸／头角峥嵘 (tóujiǎozhēngróng)
• 頭角嶄然／头角崭然
• 顯露頭角／显露头角

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭	角
とう Grade: 2	かく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーかく [tòókákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːka̠kɯ̟]

Noun

頭(とう)角(かく) • (tōkaku) 

1. the top of the head

Derived terms

• 頭角(とうかく)を現(あらわ)す (tōkaku o arawasu, “distinguish oneself”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN