Kanji1 / 12
衆 kanji
masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
シュウシュ
Kun readings
おおい
Variant forms
眾Words with 衆
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —衆盲the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses; many blind people
- —伊達衆dandy; gallant; chivalrous person
- —公衆網public network
- —全民衆all the peoples
- —民衆駅railway station built with government and popular support
- —民衆的popular
- —合衆国federation; federal state; United States of America
- —民衆化popularization; popularisation
- —大衆化popularization; popularisation
- —大衆性popularity
- —大衆紙mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper
- —旦那衆gents; gentlemen
- —大衆車low-cost car designed for the mass market; economy car; popular car
- —大衆薬over-the-counter drug
- —大衆魚cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
- —年寄衆elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
- —八部衆the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
- —皆の衆everybody
- —衆院選House of Representatives election; lower house election
- —大観衆crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience