衆
zhòngzhōng

multitude

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 7, 2026, 02:40 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 7, 2026, 02:40 PM

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

Components

日
日 Iconic component
rì sun
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 日 than it was in ancient scripts.
乑
乑 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