額 (ngaak6 ngaak6*2 | e2) : forehead; specified number

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額

ngaak6 ngaak6*2

[1] forehead; frontal
[2] specified number/amount; quota
[3] horizontal inscribed board/placard
[4] top part of sth

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Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: (#181)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

額 / 额

This word has been viewed 8121 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Aug 2009 00:33

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額定 ngaak6 ding6 e2 ding4 = specified (number or amout)

數額 sou3 ngaak6 shu4 e2 = amount; fixed number

總額 zung2 ngaak6 zong3 e2 = total amount; total value

金額 gam1 ngaak6 jin1 e2 = (money) amount; value

超額 ciu1 ngaak6 chao1 e2 = to exceed quota

定額 ding6 ngaak6 ding4 e2 = fixed amount; quota

額頭 ngaak6 tau4 e2 tou2 = forehead, brow

名額 ming4 ngaak6/6*2 ming2 e2 = quota (of people); the number of people assigned

配額 pui3 ngaak6*2 = quota

限額 haan6 ngaak6*2 = ration; quota
See all 42 compounds (CantoDict reports 44 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 額
Unicode code for this character: U+984d (off-site link)

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