众

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(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Three people 人 representing a crowd

Components 人 ×3

multitude · Heisig RSH #847

人 person

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
公众人物	gōng zhòng rén wù	public figure; famous person
大众化	dà zhòng huà	mass-oriented; to cater for the masses; popularized
合众为一	hé zhòng wéi yī	united as one; e pluribus unum
众口一词	zhòng kǒu yī cí	all of one voice; unanimous
万众一心	wàn zhòng yī xīn	millions of people all of one mind (idiom); the people united
合众国	hé zhòng guó	federated nation; the United States
公众集会	gōng zhòng jí huì	public meeting
公众意见	gōng zhòng yì jiàn	public opinion
普罗大众	pǔ luó dà zhòng	proletariat; abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞\|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses; also written …
众口同声	zhòng kǒu tóng shēng	(of people) to be of one voice (idiom); unanimous
群众大会	qún zhòng dà huì	mass rally
公之于众	gōng zhī yú zhòng	to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely; to let the world know
普度众生	pǔ dù zhòng shēng	(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
普通民众	pǔ tōng mín zhòng	ordinary people; the masses
合众银行	Hé zhòng Yín háng	Bancorp, a US bank
众香子	zhòng xiāng zi	allspice; Jamaican pepper (Pimenta dioica)
乌合之众	wū hé zhī zhòng	(idiom) rabble; disorderly band
众口难调	zhòng kǒu nán tiáo	it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
公众号	gōng zhòng hào	official account (esp. on WeChat)
大众部	Dà zhòng bù	Mahasanghika (branch of Buddhism)