Japanese Geometry

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Japanese Geometry Anonymous Fri Jan 30 17:30:14 2009 No.1998765 [Reply] [Original]

四角 seems to be translated as "square", but intuitively, one would think it means "quadrilateral". Does 四角 really only mean "square"? If so, what would be "quadrilateral" in Japanese?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 30 17:32:45 2009 No.1998773 >>1998765 四角形

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 30 17:35:28 2009 No.1998786 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E8%A7%92%E5%BD%A2

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 30 17:37:18 2009 No.1998795 File: 362 KB, 1000x888, 1233355038571.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh, is that so?

>>	Taiko Drum Master !ttAiKoDerE Fri Jan 30 17:39:39 2009 No.1998807 >>1998765 四角 literally "four corners" 四角形 literally "four corner form"

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 30 17:59:42 2009 No.1998898 So would 八角 and 八角形 be the same thing? Or would 八角 be a regular octagon and 八角形 be any octagon?

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