Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 额
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额 |
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Meaning |
forehead, share, portion, amount |
Pronunciation |
é |
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
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客
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guest | (Under the roof everybody is our guest.) |
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頁
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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.) |
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宀
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roof | |
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各
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each, everybody | (Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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) |
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