数额
shù é · HSK 7
amount
💰 数 number + 额 quota = a numbered quota, i.e. a fixed amount or sum
数 carries counting/number and 额 means a quota or allotted amount (also forehead). Together they name a set figure, often a sum of money on the books.
数 — 婁 (lóu, phonetic) + 攵 (action radical)
数 is a phono-semantic compound. The right side 攵 (a hand holding a stick) suggests an action, originally tallying or counting by striking marks. The left side 婁 supplies the sound. Over time the meaning broadened from 'to count' to 'number' and 'several'.