衆
zhòng

multitude

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

众 zhòng crowd, people Simplified

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

Components

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