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衆

Populace
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingシュウ、シュ
JōyōGrade 6Level 28
  1. great numbers (of people)
  2. numerical superiority
  3. masses
  4. people
  5. folk

Homonyms

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Same reading (しゅう)
州 · state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)週 · week宗 · sect集 · collection

Popular Usage

公衆観衆

Radicals and components

Radical血blood
Components
How it's built
衆
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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blood · drop (丶) · dish (皿) · Carol in rags person · rag

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2001

Compound words

公衆こうしゅう
the public; general public
観衆かんしゅう
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
衆院しゅういん
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
大衆たいしゅう
general public; the masses
聴衆ちょうしゅう
audience; attendance; hearers
民衆みんしゅう
people; populace; masses
群衆ぐんしゅう
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob
衆議院しゅうぎいん
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
公衆衛生こうしゅうえいせい
public health; public hygiene; sanitation
公衆電話こうしゅうでんわ
public telephone; pay phone
大衆文学たいしゅうぶんがく
popular literature
アメリカ合衆国アメリカがっしゅうこく
United States of America
会衆かいしゅう
audience
伊達衆だてしゅう
dandy
公衆網こうしゅうもう
public network
一切衆生いっさいしゅじょう
all living creatures
烏合の衆うごうのしゅう
disorderly crowd
下衆張るげすばる
to be churlish
勤労大衆きんろうたいしゅう
working people
公衆福祉こうしゅうふくし
public welfare
公衆浴場こうしゅうよくじょう
public bathhouse
衆参各院しゅうさんかくいん
(in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament
衆参両院しゅうさんりょういん
both houses of the Diet
大衆娯楽たいしゅうごらく
popular entertainment

Additional Examples

彼は大観衆に語りかけた。
He addressed a large audience.tatoeba
彼は常に民衆の味方であった。
He was always on the people's side.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

The masses. 血 + 亻亻亻 (many people) — a crowd. 大衆 — the public.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 衆

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