Memory phrase for the character: 额

额

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Meaning

forehead, share, portion, amount

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 our guest.) [everybody 各 = is sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口], right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)

Mnemonic

The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share.

Radicals

客	guest	Under the roof everybody is our guest.
頁	head, leader	Picture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
宀	roof
各	each, everybody	Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.

Vocabulary

匾额	biǎn é	a horizontal inscribed board
定额	dìng é	fixed amount; quota
超额	chāo é	above quota
总额	zǒng é	total (amount or value)
频眉蹙额	pín méi cù é	worried and unhappy (idiom)
频眉蹙额	pín méi cù é

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