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U+8846, 衆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8846

[U+8845]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8847]

Translingual

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Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 143, +6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 竹廿竹竹人 (HTHHO) or 竹廿人竹人 (HTOHO), four-corner 27232, composition or 丿 or 丿𧰨)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Variant of , with the top component replaced by , and the bottom component 𫡑 replaced by .

Etymology

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

Further reading

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
衆󠄁
+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Alternative forms

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Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 6
kan'on
Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 6
goon

From Middle Chinese (MC tsyuwngH).

Pronunciation

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  • Pitch accent for suffix sense unknown.

Noun

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(しゅう) or (しゅ) (shū or shu

  1. the masses, the public, crowd
  2. majority, numerical superiority
    Antonym: () (ka)
  3. group of people
    (わか)(しゅ)wakai shuyoung people
  4. (historical) ellipsis of 所の衆 (Tokoro-no-shū)

Derived terms

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Suffix

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(しゅう) or (しゅ) (-shū or -shu

  1. (honorific) Used to indicate plurality (modern) or referring to a single individual (classical)
    観客 (kankyaku, audience) + ‎ (-shū) → ‎観客 (kankyaku-shū, dear audience)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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(eumhun 무리 (muri jung))

  1. group, crowd
  2. body of officials
  3. common people, the masses
  4. great quantity of things
  5. glutinous millet
  6. land
  7. rainy season
  8. Zhong (surname)
  9. many, numerous
  10. to gather, multiply
  11. wide, broad
  12. to finish

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Hán-Nôm

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: Hán Việt readings: chúng[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of chúng (masses, crowd)

Compounds

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References

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