衆

衆

See also: 众 and 眾

衆 U+8846, 衆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8846 ← 衅 [U+8845] CJK Unified Ideographs 衇 → [U+8847]

Translingual

Japanese	衆
Simplified	众
Traditional	眾

Glyph origin

Variant of 眾, with bottom component ⿲人亻人 replaced by 乑 (similar to unrelated 衣 and 𠂢).

Current form is graphically 血 + 乑 (“crowd, multitude”) – bottom is originally 3 people, hence “crowd”, though top is unrelated to 血, being originally 罒 (“eye”).

Han character

衆 (Kangxi radical 143, 血+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿竹竹人 (HTHHO) or 竹廿人竹人 (HTOHO), four-corner 2723₂, composition ⿱血乑)

Derived characters

• 𪢊, 潨, 𥼟, 𧑄, 䝦, 𩻴, 𰃈, 𩅧, 𧑸, 𨖼, 𧕠

References

• KangXi: page 1107, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33981
• Dae Jaweon: page 1569, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3051, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8846

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists 衆 as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 眾. However, 衆 is the preferred form used in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja.

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 衆 – see 眾 (“masses; people; multitude; crowd; everyone; everything; all matters; etc.”). (This character, 衆, is a variant form of 眾.)

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Japanese

Kanji

衆

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō ^†)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}; す (su)^{←す (su, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: おおい (ōi, 衆い)^{←おほい (ofoi, historical)}
• Nanori: とも (tomo); ひろ (hiro); もり (mori); もろ (moro)

Alternative forms

• 眾

Compounds

Compounds

• 衆(しゅう)議(ぎ) (shūgi)
• 衆(しゅう)議(ぎ)院(いん) (shūgiin)
• 衆(しゅう)多(た) (shūta, “many”)
• 衆(しゅう)兵(へい) (shūhei, “many soldiers”)
• 公(こう)衆(しゅう) (kōshū, “general public, public use”)
• 大(たい)衆(しゅう) (taishū, “general public”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
衆
しゅう Grade: 6
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 眾 (MC t͡ɕɨuŋ^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) しゅ​う [shúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝː]

• Pitch accent for suffix sense unknown.

Noun

衆(しゅう) • (shū) 

1. mass; many people
2. majority

   Antonym: 寡 (ka)

Suffix

衆(しゅう) • (-shū) 

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References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

衆 (eumhun 무리 중 (muri jung))

1. Hanja form^? of 중 (“crowd”).

Compounds

• 대중 (大衆, daejung, “public”)
• 공중 (公衆, gongjung, “public”)