zhòngzhōng

multitude

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

Components

Iconic component
sun
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component
zhòng, yín, pān people standing side-by-side

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtjuŋ
tjuŋs
Unicodejiùng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhòng crowd, people Simplified

Triple of (person). Depicts many people together. Simplified form of .

Components

Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
rén, ren person

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode