額

See also 额

Translingual

simpl.		额
trad.		額

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 客 + semantic 頁 (“head”) – the front of the head.

Han character

額 (radical 181 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十口一月金 (JRMBC), four-corner 3168₆)

1. forehead
2. tablet, plaque
3. fixed

Descendants

• 额

References

• KangXi: page 1406, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43586
• Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4384, character 4
• Unihan data for U+984D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

額 (simplified 额, Yale ngaak6)

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Japanese

Kanji

額 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: がく (gaku), ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kun: ひたい (hitai), たか (taka)

Noun

額 (hiragana ひたい, romaji hitai)

1. forehead

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Korean

Hanja

額 (hangeul 액, revised aek, McCune-Reischauer aek, Yale ayk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

額 (simplified 额, pinyin é (e2), yá (ya2), Wade-Giles o², ya²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

額 (ngæk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

額 (ngạch, nghệch, nghách, nghạch)