Character: 額
Modern (Beijing) reading: é
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋhrāk
Classic Old Chinese: ŋhrāk
Western Han Chinese: ŋhrāk
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋhrāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋhẹ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋhẹ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋhẹ̄k
Middle Chinese: ŋạ̈ik
English meaning : be obstreperous
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лоб; 2) установленное число; штатное количество; контингент; штаты; штатный; 3) вывеска; 4) Э (фамилия)
Comments: The word is used since Han with the meaning 'forehead' (which must be archaic - to judge from the drawing, but late attested). A later metaphorical meaning is 'cadre (of permanent officials)'. For *ŋh- cf. Xiamen hiaʔ8, Chaozhou hiaʔ8, Meixian ńiak7.
Radical: 181
Four-angle index: 8081
Karlgren code: 0766 |j ́
Vietnamese reading: ngạch
Jianchuan Bai: ŋɛ6-
Dali Bai: ŋer6-
Bijiang Bai: ŋa6-
