Moto 衆: Masses; Great Numbers; MultitudeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュウ、シュ
- Kun'yomi
- おお(い)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 147 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ・シュ)
- 衆院しゅういんHouse of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 大衆たいしゅうgeneral public; the masses
- 民衆みんしゅうpeople; populace
- 聴衆ちょうしゅうaudience; attendance
- 衆議院しゅうぎいんHouse of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 観衆かんしゅうspectators; onlookers
- 公衆電話こうしゅうでんわpublic telephone; pay phone
- 群衆ぐんしゅうgroup (of people); crowd
- 公衆こうしゅうthe public; general public
- 公衆衛生こうしゅうえいせいsanitation; public health
- 衆しゅうgreat numbers (of people); numerical superiority
- アメリカ合衆国アメリカがっしゅうこくUnited States of America
- 合衆国がっしゅうこくfederal state
- 大衆化たいしゅうかpopularization; popularisation
- 大衆性たいしゅうせいpopularity
- 大衆文学たいしゅうぶんがくpopular literature
- 衆人しゅうじんthe people; the public
- 衆目しゅうもくall eyes; public attention
- メキシコ合衆国メキシコがっしゅうこくUnited Mexican States (Mexico)
- 一切衆生いっさいしゅじょうall living creatures
- 七衆しちしゅseven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
- 会衆かいしゅうaudience; congregation
- 俗衆ぞくしゅうpeople; crowd
- 僧衆そうしゅうlarge number of priests
- 全会衆ぜんかいしゅうthe whole assembly; the whole congregation
- 全民衆ぜんみんしゅうall the peoples
- 八部衆はちぶしゅうthe eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
- 公家衆くげしゅうcourtier; noble
- 公衆サービスこうしゅうサービスpublic services
- 公衆データネットワークこうしゅうデータネットワークpublic data network
- 公衆トイレこうしゅうトイレpublic lavatory; public restroom
- 公衆ブースこうしゅうブースpublic booth; public kiosk
- 公衆メッセージ通信処理サービスこうしゅうメッセージつうしんしょりサービスpublic message handling service
- 公衆便所こうしゅうべんじょpublic lavatory
- 公衆回線こうしゅうかいせんpublic line (as opposed to a private or leased line)
- 公衆回線網こうしゅうかいせんもうpublic network
- 公衆浴場こうしゅうよくじょうpublic bathhouse
- 公衆網こうしゅうもうpublic network
- 公衆送信権こうしゅうそうしんけんpublic transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the WWW or an FTP server)
- 公衆道徳こうしゅうどうとくpublic morals
- 公衆電線網こうしゅうでんせんもうpublic wireline network
- 公衆電話網こうしゅうでんわもうpublic telephone network
- 勤労大衆きんろうたいしゅうworking people
- 北米合衆国ほくべいがっしゅうこくUnited States of America
- 四衆ししゅfour orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
- 四部衆しぶしゅfour orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
- 国際的に懸念される公衆衛生上の緊急事態こくさいてきにけねんされるこうしゅうえいせいじょうのきんきゅうじたいPublic Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC
- 在国衆ざいこくしゅうfeudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- 多衆たしゅうcrowd (of people); large group of people
- 大衆に阿るたいしゅうにおもねるto sell out to the masses
Other readings
- 一般大衆いっぱんたいしゅうordinary people; general public
- 下衆げすlow-life; sleazebag
- 下衆のかんぐりげすのかんぐりputting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
- 下衆の勘ぐりげすのかんぐりputting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
- 下衆の勘繰りげすのかんぐりputting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
- 下衆の後知恵げすのあとぢえhindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit
- 下衆張るげすばるto be churlish; to be crude
- 下衆野郎ゲスやろうsleazebag; asshole
- 亜米利加合衆国アメリカがっしゅうこくUnited States of America
- 伊達衆だてしゅうdandy; gallant
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Kanji that often appear with 衆
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