总额
zǒngé · HSK 7
rental
🧾 总 (total) + 额 (amount/quota) = the grand total amount
总 means total or overall; 额 means a fixed amount or quota (its older sense is forehead, then allotted sum). Together they name the summed-up grand total, like the bottom-line figure on a receipt.
总 — top 丷 + 口 + 心 (heart radical)
总 is the simplified form of 總. The traditional form combined 糸 (silk threads) with 悤 as phonetic, originally meaning to gather or tie threads together. From 'bundling threads' the meaning extended to 'gather all,' 'general,' 'overall,' and 'always.'