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多

Many
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingタ
Kun readingおお.い
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 5

Verbs with «多»

多用する多発する

Meanings

  1. manyRtK
    彼は貧しい人のために多くのことをしてきた。He has done many things for poor people.tatoeba
  2. frequent
  3. much
    世界中の人が同じ言語を話すわけではないので、多大な努力を払って翻訳が行われている。Because people in the world don't speak the same language, much effort is now devoted to translation.tatoeba
    彼は貧民救済に多額のお金を寄付した。He contributed much money to relieving the poor.tatoeba
  1. multi-

Homonyms

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Same reading (た)
田 · rice field他 · other (esp. people and abstract matters)

Popular Usage

多い幾多過多加留多

Radicals and components

Radical夕evening
How it's built
多
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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evening

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 113

Compound words

多いおおい
many; numerous; a lot; large amount of; large quantity of
多忙なたぼうな
very busy
過多かた
excess; surplus; superabundance
多寡たか
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount
多額たがく
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
多岐たき
diverse; various; wide-ranging
多彩たさい
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; multicolored; varicoloured
多才たさい
talented
多湿たしつ
high humidity
多重たじゅう
multiple; multiplex
多少たしょう
a little; some; somewhat; slightly; to some degree
多数たすう
large number (of); many; majority
多大ただい
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
多難たなん
full of troubles, difficulties
多分たぶん
probably; likely; perhaps; maybe; a lot of
多忙たぼう
being very busy; busyness
多面ためん
many-sided; multifaceted
多様たよう
diverse; various
多用たよう
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
多量たりょう
large quantity; large amount
滅多めった
thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash; ordinary
多角たかく
many-sided; versatile; polygonal; diversified
最多さいた
most (numerous); largest (number of)
多発たはつ
repeated occurrence; frequently occurring

On Reading Examples

口と心は裏腹なことが多々ある。たた
What we say and what we mean are often quite different.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

大学生の多くは、レポートを書くのにパソコンを使います。おおく
Most college students use computers mainly for writing papers.tatoeba
オーストラリアには美人が多いと思う（当社比）。おおい
I think there are a lot of beautiful women in Australia (YMMV).tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は扶養家族が多い。
He has a large family.tatoeba
彼は非常に多くの金を本に使う。
He spends a great deal of money on books.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Many. Two 夕 (evening) stacked — evening after evening, many.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 多

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step