Chinese Character Wiki
眾

zhòng

crowd, people

Depicts a crowd of people (乑) standing under the sun (日).

Components
日 iconic component

日  Iconic component

rì

  

sun

Later reanalyzed as 目 (eye).

乑 iconic component

乑  Iconic component

yín, zhòng

  

people standing side-by-side

Evolution

眾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
眾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

众 (眾) 

zhòng

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

众 (眾) 

Zhòng

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

Most common words with 眾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

观众

spectators

群众

mass

公众

public

众

many

众多

numerous

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tuŋ-s

tsyuwngH

zhòng

numerous


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 45.0104% of movies

797th most common character in movies

510th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

众

Unicode

U+773E

Shuowen

“眾，多也，从、目，眾意。”


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