額

音読おんよみ: ガク

訓読くんよみ: (なし)

画数かくすう: 18 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 頁(おおがい)

Meaning

Amount, frame, forehead — this character is often used for numerical amounts, physical or conceptual frames, and the human forehead.


  • 金額きんがく — amount of money
  • 額縁がくぶち — picture frame
  • 総額そうがく — total amount
  • 高額こうがく — large amount
  • 額面がくめん — face value

The character 額 consists of 客 (guest/frame) and 頁 (head/forehead). It originally referred to the forehead, but also came to signify framed objects and specified amounts — symbolizing something "defined and enclosed."

かれひたいあせをかいていた。
He was sweating on his forehead.

彼女かのじょ高額こうがく賞金しょうきんけとった。
She received a large cash prize.

The on-yomi ガク appears in most compound words like 金額 and 額縁. The kun-yomi ひたい (forehead) is occasionally used in daily speech.

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