众 zhòng many; numerous; crowd
Made up of [人 rén person radical 9]Made with 6 strokes.
One person above and two people beneath gives the concept of a 'crowd', originally the seal form had an eye above three people
Related characters
Also uses 人 rén component: 茶 chá (tea) 从 cóng (from) 曷 hé (why) 会 huì (can) 今 jīn (modern) 久 jiǔ (long time) 令 lìng (to order) 舍 shè (residence) 食 shí (eat) 以 yǐ (to use) 座 zuò (seat) 坐 zuò (sit)
Sounds same
重 zhòng (heavy)Different tone
中 zhōng (centre) 钟 zhōng (clock) 终 zhōng (end) 种 zhǒng (kind of)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
众口难调 zhòng kǒu nán tiáo You can't please everyone all the time. Everyone has different tastes众人拾柴火焰高 zhòng rén shí chái huǒyàn gāo People need to pull together to achieve something significant
众怒难犯 zhòng nù nán fàn It's a bad idea to stir up the anger of a large crowd
众叛亲离 zhòng pàn qīn lí Finding yourself isolated having lost support.