众zhòng

众

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Simplified form (簡體). 众 (zhòng, "many, crowd") condenses the traditional 眾 into three compact 人 figures standing together — a visual shorthand that preserves the ancient idea of people gathered in numbers. Though reduced in stroke count, the character still clearly conveys its original meaning of a multitude.

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众, in oracle bone script, is depicted as three human figures (人) standing side by side, forming a triangular arrangement that signifies a multitude. The triple person sign was chosen to visually convey the idea of many people gathered together. Consequently, the character came to mean “crowd” or “the masses”.

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