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额 is the simplified form of the traditional character 額, a phono-semantic compound. The right-hand component 页 (a simplification of 頁) serves as the semantic radical, conveying the meaning 'head' and, by extension, the forehead or brow, the character's original anatomical reference. The left-hand component 客 is the phonetic, indicating the pronunciation. From this primary sense of forehead, the meaning later broadened into economic and administrative domains to denote a specified quantity, a fixed quota, or a predetermined sum of money. Today, that derived sense is widely used in business, accounting, and any context involving numerical limits.
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额头上有很多汗水。
这个班级的学生名额已经满了。
公司会支付额外的费用。
请确认账单上的总额。
我的信用卡额度提高了。
他承担了巨额债务。
鲜血从他的额角流下。
这台机器的额定功率是五千瓦。
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