額
額 — Forehead
forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount
On’yomiガク (gaku)
Kun’yomiひたい (hitai)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 額
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 総額 | そうがく sougaku | total amount (of money); total sum; sum total |
| 額 | がく gaku | (picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money) |
| 金額 | きんがく kingaku | amount of money; sum |
| 巨額 | きょがく kyogaku | huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount |
| 多額 | たがく tagaku | large (amount of money); huge; hefty |
| 全額 | ぜんがく zengaku | total; full amount; sum |
Study notes
額 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #407 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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