額 – forehead, tablet, plaque

18 strokesTaught in grade 5#407 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 額 means forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガク (gaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひたい (hitai). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガク	gaku
Kun’yomi	ひたい	hitai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・口・頁・夂・宀.

Words using 額

額がく(picture) frame額ひたいforehead金額きんがくamount of money差額さがくbalance

Example sentences

ボブは装飾された額にその肖像画を収めたけれど、上下さかさまだった。

Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.

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この額は税込みです。

This amount includes tax.

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額の汗をふきなさい。

Wipe the sweat from your brow.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領頭顔類頼順項願預顧頑頂顕頻頃

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