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| Traditional | 眾 |
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| Simplified | 众 |
| Japanese | 衆 |
| Korean | 衆 |
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”).
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)
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.
| For pronunciation and definitions of 衆 – see 眾 (“masses; people; multitude; crowd; everyone; everything; all matters; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 眾). |
| Shinjitai | 衆 | |
| Kyūjitai | 衆󠄁 衆+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| Kanji in this term |
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| 衆 |
| しゅう Grade: 6 |
| kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 眾 (MC tsyuwngH).
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