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衆 kanji
masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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On readings
シュウシュ
Kun readings
おおい
Variant forms
眾Words with 衆
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2公衆Popularthe public; general public
- N1衆Populargreat numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique; bunch
- N1観衆Popularspectators; onlookers; members of the audience
- N1大衆Populargeneral public; the masses
- N1衆議院PopularHouse of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- —衆院PopularHouse of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- —聴衆Popularaudience; attendance; hearers
- —民衆Popularpeople; populace; masses
- —群衆Populargroup (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
- —公衆衛生Popularpublic health; public hygiene; sanitation
- —公衆電話Popularpublic telephone; pay phone
- —大衆文学Popularpopular literature
- —アメリカ合衆国PopularUnited States of America
- —会衆audience; congregation
- —衆目all eyes; public attention
- —俗衆people; crowd; masses; the public
- —衆人the people; the public
- —衆知the wisdom of the many; well-known
- —衆徒many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
- —衆望public confidence; popular support