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Kanji Detail for 多 - "many, much"

多

  • Meaning

    多 means "many, much." Also associated with often.

    1. Many - A large number; numerous.

    2. Much - A great amount; abundant.

    3. Often - Frequently; many times.

    4. Praise - To commend; to speak highly of.

  • Words using 多

    • 多数 たすう Listen large number (of); many; majority
    • 多様 たよう Listen diverse; various
    • 多角 たかく Listen many-sided; versatile; polygonal
    • 最多 さいた Listen most (numerous); largest (number of)
    • 多彩 たさい Listen colourful; colorful; multicoloured
    • 多額 たがく Listen large (amount of money); huge; hefty
    • 多少 たしょう Listen a little; some; somewhat
    • 数多く かずおおく Listen in great numbers

  • Four-character idioms with 多

    • 多種多様 たしゅたよう Listen a great variety of; diversity
    • 薄利多売 はくりたばい Listen small profits and quick returns
    • 一夫多妻 いっぷたさい Listen polygamy; polygyny
    • 一強多弱 いっきょうたじゃく Listen one strong, many weak
    • 一殺多生 いっさつたしょう Listen it is justifiable to kill one person to save the lives of many
    • 前途多望 ぜんとたぼう Listen promising (rosy, bright) future; offering promising prospects

  • Tattoo check: 多

    • Verified meaning: many, much
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさお, おお, おおし, おおの)
    • Also carries these associations: often

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 多

    Given names 多(いさお)Listen 多(おおし)Listen 多(たもつ)Listen 多(まさる)Listen

    Surnames 多(おお)Listen 多(おおの)Listen 多(くわた)Listen 多(たくや)Listen 多(たざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    many; frequent; much

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    much, many; more than, over

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    much, many, multi-; more than, over

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Many. Opposite of 少 (few). | To praise. Such as 多其有禮 (praising their courtesy), 多其能讓 (praising their ability to yield), meaning the person has one outstanding virtue.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ta(タ) タ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    masa.ru(まさ-る) まさ-る

    masani(まさ-に) まさ-に

    oo.i(おお-い) おお-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    夕 (yube・yu・ta)

  • Related Keywords

    many much often gratitude praise truly exactly simply numerous abundant ample bountiful copious countless diverse extensive frequently great innumerable large manifold myriad plentiful profuse several substantial

Sentences including 多

  • You should read as many books as you can.

  • To talk with a lot of people is good for health.

  • There is a large number of people and cars in that street.

  • We have had plenty of rain this year.

  • Her grammar is bad.

  • Your paper contains too many mistakes.

  • We have a lot of very fine days in october.

  • This book may well be useful to you.

  • Many people in africa were killed as a result of the storm.

  • We had more snow this year than last.

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