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Kanji Detail for 額 - "forehead, amount, frame"

額

  • Meaning

    額 means "forehead, amount, frame."

    1. Forehead - The front of the head above eyes.

    2. Amount - A quantity or sum; a specified number.

    3. Frame - A border for pictures or text; a tablet.

    4. Prostrate - To bow with forehead touching ground.

  • Words using 額

    • 総額 そうがく Listen total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
    • 金額 きんがく Listen amount of money; sum
    • 巨額 きょがく Listen huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
    • 多額 たがく Listen large (amount of money); huge; hefty
    • 全額 ぜんがく Listen total; full amount; sum
    • 額面 がくめん Listen face value; par
    • 定額 ていがく Listen fixed amount (of money); fixed sum; flat sum
    • 月額 げつがく Listen monthly sum; monthly amount

  • Tattoo check: 額

    • Verified meaning: forehead, amount, frame
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read がく, ぬか)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 額

    Surnames 額(がく)Listen 額(ぬか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    forehead; tablet; plaque; framed picture; sum; amount; volume

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    forehead; tablet, plaque; fixed

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    forehead; quota, amount

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The area above the eyebrows and below the hairline. | A fixed number. As in a fixed number of soldiers is called 額兵. A fixed amount of pay is called 額餉. | A plaque. Hung above doors and screens. Named because it is like a person's forehead. | The cheek. Commonly written as 腮.

  • Onyomi

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    gaku(ガク) ガク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hitai(ひたい) ひたい

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    頁 (ogai・ichinokai)

  • Related Keywords

    forehead amount frame bowing prostrate quantity writing border dimension extent front limit measure number plaque scope size specified sum total

Sentences including 額

  • He left his daughter a great fortune.

  • The plan calls for a lot of money.

  • Is there a difference?

  • My father left me a large fortune.

  • He borrowed a lot of money from the bank.

  • Bill has come by a great deal of money.

  • She left her son a lot of money.

  • She was kind enough to lend me large sum of money.

  • Not a little money was lost.

  • He had a lot of money in the bank.

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