大衆

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See also: 大眾 and 大众

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大衆 – see 大眾 (“popular; mainstream; mass; the people; the masses; the public; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 大眾).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 衆
たい
Grade: 1 		しゅう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

大(たい)衆(しゅう) • (taishū) 

  1. the public

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 衆
だい
Grade: 1 		しゅ
Grade: 6
on'yomi goon
Kanji in this term
大 衆
だい
Grade: 1 		す
Grade: 6
on'yomi irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

大(だい)衆(しゅ) or 大(だい)衆(す) • (daishu or daisu) 

  1. (Buddhism) monks, priests

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大衆

Proper noun

大衆 • (daejung) (hangeul 대중)

  1. Hanja form? of 대중 (“crowd; public”).
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