衆

See also: 众 and 眾

衆	U+8846, 衆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8846

← 衅
[U+8845]

CJK Unified Ideographs

衇 →
[U+8847]

Translingual Edit

Traditional	眾
Simplified	众
Japanese	衆
Korean	衆

Glyph origin Edit

Variant of 眾, with bottom component ⿲人亻人 replaced by 乑 (similar to unrelated 衣 and 𠂢).

Current form is graphically 血 + 乑 (“crowd, multitude”) – bottom is originally 3 people, hence “crowd”, though top is unrelated to 血, being originally 罒 (“eye”).

Han character Edit

衆 (Kangxi radical 143, 血+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿竹竹人 (HTHHO) or 竹廿人竹人 (HTOHO), four-corner 2723₂, composition ⿱血乑)

Derived characters Edit

𪢊, 潨, 𥼟, 𧑄, 䝦, 𩻴, 𰃈, 𩅧, 𧑸, 𨖼, 𧕠

References Edit

KangXi: page 1107, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33981
Dae Jaweon: page 1569, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3051, character 14
Unihan data for U+8846

Usage notes Edit

The Kangxi dictionary lists 衆 as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 眾. However, 衆 is the preferred form used in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja.

Chinese Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 衆 – see 眾 (“masses; people; multitude; crowd; everyone; everything; all matters; etc.”). (This character, 衆, is a variant form of 眾.)