衆
masses; great numbers; multitude; populace
12 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 450.
Readings
- シュウ (on reading): 衆議院議員 (しゅうぎいんぎいん) member of the Lower House; 衆議院 (しゅうぎいん) House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- シュ (on reading): 衆生 (しゅじょう) all living things; 若衆 (わかしゅ) young person
- おおい (kun reading)
Components
Words using 衆
- 衆議院議員 (しゅうぎいんぎいん) member of the Lower House
- 衆議院 (しゅうぎいん) House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 聴衆 (ちょうしゅう) audience
- 合衆国 (がっしゅうこく) federation
- 民衆 (みんしゅう) people
- 衆生 (しゅじょう) all living things
- 若衆 (わかしゅ) young person
- 時衆 (じしゅ) assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.)
- 大衆部 (だいしゅぶ) Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
- 一切衆生 (いっさいしゅじょう) all living creatures
- 下衆の後知恵 (げすのあとぢえ) hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)
- 下衆の勘繰り (げすのかんぐり) putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions)
159 words in all.