夹角 (jiá jiǎo) — included angle; the angle between two lines or…

Definition

noun

included anglethe angle between two lines or planes

夹角。
Liǎng tiáo zhí xiàn xiāng jiāo xíng chéng jiá jiǎo.
Two straight lines intersecting form an included angle.
夹角60。
Zhè ge sān jiǎo xíng de jiá jiǎo shì 60 dù.
The included angle of this triangle is 60 degrees.
夹角。
Wǒ men xū yào cè liáng zhè liǎng gè píng miàn de jiá jiǎo.
We need to measure the angle between these two planes.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

夹 describes something enclosed or between, and 角 is an angle, so 夹角 is the angle between two lines.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夾; 夹 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 夾 draws a person with two people beside or under the arms, giving the idea of holding or sandwiching between sides.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.