多

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many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Two nights 夕, suggesting many

Components 夕 ×2

many · Heisig RSH #116

moon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
多少	duō shǎo	number; amount; somewhat
多少	duō shao	how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
多大	duō dà	how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much
大多	dà duō	for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
安多县	Ān duō Xiàn	Amdo, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet
多山	duō shān	mountainous
多国	duō guó	multinational
多水分	duō shuǐ fèn	juicy
多头	duō tóu	many-headed; many-layered (authority); devolved (as opposed to centralized); pluralistic; …
多心	duō xīn	oversensitive; suspicious
多尔	Duō ěr	Dole (name); Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996
大多数	dà duō shù	(great) majority
多面手	duō miàn shǒu	multitalented person; versatile person; all-rounder
多金	duō jīn	rich; wealthy
多面体	duō miàn tǐ	polyhedron
安多	Ān duō	see 安多縣\|安多县[An1 duo1 Xian4]
多多马	Duō duō mǎ	Dodoma, capital of Tanzania
心眼多	xīn yǎn duō	to have unfounded doubts; overconcerned
一心多用	yī xīn duō yòng	to multitask
多大点事	duō dà diǎn shì	trivial matter; Big deal!

These characters use 多 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
多 sound part	duō	much, many, multi-; more than, over
爹	diē	father, dad, daddy
哆	duō	to quiver, to tremble, to shudder
眵	chī	rheum from the eyes
黟	yī	ebony; shining black