Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence

多: many, frequent

Also: much

JLPT N46 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met

夕 carries the meaning

6 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

タta · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 多分たぶんperhaps
  • 多量たりょうlarge quantity
  • 多少たしょうmore or less
  • 多目的たもくてきmultipurpose

おおいooi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 多いおおいmany
  • 多めにおおめにgenerously

Also read まさに, まさる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)夕 + 夕

Two pieces of meat (肉). In the bronze script, 肉 was corrupted into 夕 due to visual similarity, making 多 into a duplication of 夕.

Source: Wiktionary, 多 (rev. 93567966), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“As the sun sets... Imagine the soft, orange glow of twilight as the first sliver of the moon appears.”
More in the 夕 evening story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
夕

Also built on evening (夕)

All 6

多 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read タ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
多 many
vs汐 eventide · 氵
汐 adds 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · duō

Same form: 多 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
多 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
多 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin duō most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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