Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

407 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume

Kunyomi: ひたい

Onyomi: ガク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおがい

Meaning: leaf

Strokes: 9

Examples

Examples with audio

(がく)   picture, amount, sum

面(がくめん)   face value

縁(がくぶち)   picture frame

(きんがく)   amount of money

(そうがく)   sum total, total amount

(さがく)   balance, difference, margin

(げつがく)   monthly amount

(たがく)   large amount of money

(はんがく)   half off, half fare

生産(せいさんがく)   amount of production

(ひたい)   forehead

Onyomi Examples

ガク (picture) frame, framed picture, amount (esp. of money), sum

ガクメン face value, par

テイガク fixed amount (of money), fixed sum, flat sum

ゼイガク amount of tax

Kunyomi Examples

ひたい forehead, brow

当て ひたいあて (military) headband with reinforced metal plate, red headband

広い ひろいひたい high brow, broad forehead