額 means “amount, sum, forehead”

がく · gaku

Also: tablet, plaque, framed picture

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひたい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガク

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 18 strokes

The story

Picture a guest (客) bowing their head (頁) until the forehead nearly touches the mat. 額 is the forehead, a picture frame, and a sum of money: 金額 is the amount, and 半額 stickers go onto supermarket bento every evening.

Used in 金額 (kingaku, amount of money), 半額 (hangaku, half price), and 額 (hitai, forehead)

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