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众
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multitude

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Depicts a crowd of people (乑) standing under the sun (日).
Components
Traditional (眾)
日 day+ 乑 people standing side-by-side =
眾 multitude
日 Iconic component
rì day
sun
Later reanalyzed as 目 (eye).
乑 Iconic component
yín people standing side-by-side
stand side by side
Simplified (众)
人 person+ 人 person+ 人 person =
众 crowd, people
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
Notes
Similar Characters
衆 crowd (trad/jp)妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty莫 nobody間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron旭 rising sun
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 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
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
眾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
众 / 眾 [Zhòng]
abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhòng​yì​yuàn], House of Representatives
众 / 眾 [zhòng]
many; numerous; crowd; multitude
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (105)
观众 [guān​zhòng] #1,168
spectators
群众 [qún​zhòng] #7,446
mass
公众 [gōng​zhòng] #2,749
public
众多 [zhòng​duō] #7,367
numerous
大众 [Dà​zhòng] #4,269
Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)
与众不同 [yǔ​zhòng​bù​tóng] #3,304
to stand out from the masses (idiom)
民众 [mín​zhòng] #5,165
populace
众人 [zhòng​rén] #6,708
everyone
听众 [tīng​zhòng] #6,411
audience
出众 [chū​zhòng] #6,910
to stand out
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