多

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many

HSK 1 N4

duō

タ

おお.い、まさ.に、まさ.る

다

Depicts two pieces of meat together to convey the meaning "much" or "plentiful". In ancient China meat was a rare treat. Unrelated to 夕.

Components

肉 meat+ 肉 meat =

多 many

肉 Iconic component

ròu meat

flesh

Depicts a piece of meat.

肉 Iconic component

ròu meat

flesh

Depicts a piece of meat.

Notes

Similar Characters

将 commander (jp)將 commander (trad)有 possess 骨 skeleton 胬 a disease's name 脔 small lump of meat (simp)腐 rotten 臠 small lump of meat (trad)瘸 lameness

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

多

Regular

Modern

Chinese

多 [duō]

many; much; often; a lot of; numerous; more; in excess; how (to what extent); multi-; Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"

Japanese

多た同音

nounprefix multi-

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

多いさお

Isao given name

多おお

Oo surname

多おおし

Ooshi given name

多おおの

Oono surname

多くわた

Kuwata surname

多たくや

Takuya surname

多たざき

Tazaki surname

多たもつ

Tamotsu given name

多まさる

Masaru given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

大多数 [dàduōshù] #1,823

(great) majority

大多数 [dàduōshù] #1,823

(great) majority

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

great (quantity, amount, etc.)

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KOREAN WORDS (44)

최다 #2,819

the most; the largest; maximum

many-sided; multilateral; diversified

many or few; quantity; amount

다극화

multipolarization

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