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多 — 6 strokes / Radical「夕」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 6 strokes / Radical「夕」
On
タた · ta
Kun
おお(い)ō(i)
Meaning
many, much

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally two pieces of meat stacked — lots of it: many.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタたta多少たしょう多数たすう雑多ざった
Kunおおいōi多いおおい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 多数たすう

    a large number, majority

  • 多分たぶん

    probably

More words with this kanji

  • 多少たしょう
  • 多忙たぼう
  • 多穫たかく
  • 多寡たか
  • 夥多かた

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

人(ひと)が 多(おお)いです。

There are many people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

多分多数多分to div…数number外outsid…夜night夕evenin…夢dream太thick他other朶a bran…岔a fork…佗lonely
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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