众 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 6 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 人が集まる。
  2. 人の集団。
  3. おおやけ。
  4. おおい。数量が大きい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「衆」の略体。「衆」の下部が「人✕3」(㐺)に由来することから、「森」や「犇」などと同じような配置で「人」が3個重ねられてできた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

multitude, crowd, masses, public

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ギン
  • ゴン
Kun (native)
  • おお(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhong4
  • Hán-ViệtChúng
  • Hán-ViệtVới

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
Unicode
U+4F17

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱人从

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-4