Chinese Character 額 Meanings and components.

Form

額

Meaning

額 meaning[3] in English

Forehead.

Horizontal Tablet Or Inscribed Board.

Specified Number Or Amount.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 額 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are customer (客) , and head (頁)

Its radical[1] is: 頁 (ye4) which means: Head, .頁ye4head

In cangjie it is written with JRMBC

How to write 額

To write額e2forehead you should write a combination of 客ke4customer , 頁ye4head arranged in a 吅 shape:

客 + 頁 = 額

額 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 額 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 額, looks as follow:

額
Pinyin:e2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Forehead . Horizontal Tablet Or Inscribed Board . Specified Number Or Amount
客
Pinyin:ke4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Customer . Visitor . Guest
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
各
Pinyin:ge4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Each . Every
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
頁
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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