額

Descendants

 * 额

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
From.

This word is only attested during and later. suggested that it is cognate with, whereas considers it a semantic extension of.

The relationship to 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, is unclear.

Definitions

 * 1)  forehead
 * 2) top part
 * 3) horizontal inscribed board; tablet; plaque
 * 4) amount; quantity; number

Synonyms






Usage notes

 * This is a Mandarin influenced form of the character often used in Shanghainese. Due to 個’s expected pronunciation starting with, it is often mistakenly analysed to be unrelated to this sense.
 * This cannot be used in other Northern Wu languages, such as Suzhounese, due to their retention of the initial.

Kanji

 * 1) forehead
 * 2) amount
 * 3) frame

Compounds

 * : cat's forehead, tininess as that of a cat's forehead

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) framed picture
 * 2) sum, amount

Derived terms

 * : (swords) an inscription where a blade is shortened and a rectangular metal piece bearing the original inscription is cut out from the removed portion and embedded in the new tang

Etymology
From.