多
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many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #80 U+591A
How 多 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two nights 夕, suggesting many
components: 夕 ×2
How to remember it
many · Heisig RSH #116
moon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 多 as their sound component
These characters all use 多 (duō) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多 sound component | duō | much, many, multi-; more than, over |
| 爹 | diē | father, dad, daddy |
| 哆 | duō | to quiver, to tremble, to shudder |
| 眵 | chī | rheum from the eyes |
| 黟 | yī | ebony; shining black |
Words containing 多
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多大 | duō dà | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much |
| 大多 | dà duō | for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly |
| 安多县 | Ān duō Xiàn | Amdo, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet |
| 多山 | duō shān | mountainous |
| 多国 | duō guó | multinational |
| 多水分 | duō shuǐ fèn | juicy |
| 多头 | duō tóu | many-headed; many-layered (authority); devolved (as opposed to centralized); pluralistic; … |
| 多心 | duō xīn | oversensitive; suspicious |
| 多尔 | Duō ěr | Dole (name); Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996 |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 多面手 | duō miàn shǒu | multitalented person; versatile person; all-rounder |
| 多金 | duō jīn | rich; wealthy |
| 多面体 | duō miàn tǐ | polyhedron |
| 安多 | Ān duō | see 安多縣|安多县[An1 duo1 Xian4] |
| 多多马 | Duō duō mǎ | Dodoma, capital of Tanzania |
| 心眼多 | xīn yǎn duō | to have unfounded doubts; overconcerned |
| 一心多用 | yī xīn duō yòng | to multitask |
| 多大点事 | duō dà diǎn shì | trivial matter; Big deal! |
| 多工化 | duō gōng huà | to multiplex |
| 拉布拉多 | Lā bù lā duō | Labrador, Canada; Labrador (a breed of dog) |