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額

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Mandarin · pinyin é

forehead
horizontal tablet or inscribed board
specified number or amount

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额: é · forehead; tablet, plaque; fixed

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 額. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(anatomy) forehead
top part
horizontal inscribed board; tablet; plaque
amount; quantity; number
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Shanghainese) alternative form of 個 /个 (“possessive particle”)

character · Etymology 3

(Mandarin) alternative form of 呃 (“an interjection said when hesitating in speech”)

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