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Kanji Detail for 衆 - "crowd, people"

衆

  • Meaning

    衆 means "crowd, people." Also associated with many.

    1. Many - Numerous; a large number.

    2. Crowd - A multitude; the masses.

    3. People - The public; common folk.

  • Words using 衆

    • 衆院 しゅういん Listen House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
    • 大衆 たいしゅう Listen general public; the masses
    • 民衆 みんしゅう Listen people; populace; masses
    • 聴衆 ちょうしゅう Listen audience; attendance; hearers
    • 衆議院 しゅうぎいん Listen House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
    • 観衆 かんしゅう Listen spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
    • 公衆電話 こうしゅうでんわ Listen public telephone; pay phone
    • 群衆 ぐんしゅう Listen group (of people); crowd; horde

  • Four-character idioms with 衆

    • 一切衆生 いっさいしゅじょう Listen all living creatures
    • 衆人環視 しゅうじんかんし Listen all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on
    • 衆口一致 しゅうこういっち Listen speaking with one voice; being unanimous
    • 衆生済度 しゅじょうさいど Listen enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)
    • 衆目一致 しゅうもくいっち Listen universal agreement; broad consensus
    • 衆議一決 しゅうぎいっけつ Listen deciding unanimously or by consensus

  • Tattoo check: 衆

    • Verified meaning: crowd, people
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゅう, しゅういち, しゅうや, そういち)
    • Also carries these associations: many

    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 衆

    Given names 衆(しゅう)Listen

    Surnames 衆(しゅういち)Listen 衆(しゅうや)Listen 衆(そういち)Listen 衆(そうや)Listen 衆(むねかず)Listen 衆(むねやす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    masses; great numbers; multitude; populace

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    multitude, crowd; masses, public

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    multitude, crowd; the public

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shu(シュ) シュ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oo.i(おお-い) おお-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    血 (chi・chihen)

  • Related Keywords

    many crowd people commoners multitude masses assembly community congregation folk gathering group horde mob numerous populace public society throng

Sentences including 衆

  • The police held the crowd back.

  • The song caught on with the public.

  • We had a large audience.

  • They found tom in the crowd.

  • Because of the rain , the audience at the concert was small.

  • The crowd calmed down.

  • There was a large audience at the concert.

  • We lost sight of him in the crowd.

  • It is of no use to try to find him in the crowd.

  • The audience was very large.

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