zhòng

crowd, people

Triple of (person), depicts many people together. Simplified form of .

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

众 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
众 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
众 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
众 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
众 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
众 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhòng

masses, people, multitude, crowd; many; numerous; crowd; multitude

() 

Zhòng

abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhòng​yì​yuàn], House of Representatives

() 

zhòng

variant of |[zhòng]

Most common words with 众
Freq.
Word
Meaning

观众

spectators

群众

mass

公众

public

many

众多

numerous

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 45.0104% of movies

797th most common character in movies

510th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

Unicode

U+4F17


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