衆 : Masses

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Components:

血亻

masses, great numbers, multitude, populace

On 'yomi:

シュウ(shuu) シュ(shu)

Kun 'yomi:

おお.い(oo.i)

Strokes:	12
Radical:	血 (143)
Usage Rating:	450

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	6

Unicode:	08846
jis208:	29-16

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衆 Usage examples

衆庶(しゅうしょ)	the masses, common people
衆説(しゅうせつ)	various theories
衆多(しゅうた)	multitude, great numbers
大衆に阿る(たいしゅうにおもねる)	to sell out to the masses
旦那衆(だんなしゅう)	gents, gentlemen
聴衆を飽かさない(ちょうしゅうをあかさない)	holding the attention of the audience
有衆(ゆうしゅう)	the multitudes, the people
一般大衆(いっぱんたいしゅう)	ordinary people, general public, public at large
衆愚政治(しゅぐせいじ)	mobocracy, mob rule, ochlocracy
大衆車(だいしゅうしゃ)	popular car
大衆食堂(たいしゅうしょくどう)	cheap restaurant, eating place (house)
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)
衆議院運営委員会(しゅうぎいんうんえいいいんかい)	House of Representatives Steering Committee
大衆薬(たいしゅうやく)	over-the-counter drug
御庭番衆(おにわばんしゅう)	Oniwaban
衆生済度(しゅじょうさいど)	enlightenment of the masses, leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)
衆目一致(しゅうもくいっち)	The consensus of opinion is that ..., It is widely agreed (admitted) that ...
大衆団交(たいしゅうだんこう)	mass (labor) negotiation, mass bargaining session, public negotiation
大衆路線(たいしゅうろせん)	(adopting) a popular line, (taking) a populist line
衆参各院(しゅうさんかくいん)	(in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament
大衆魚(たいしゅうぎょ)	cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
年寄衆(としよりしゅう)	elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
衆議院解散(しゅうぎいんかいさん)	dissolution of the lower house of parliament
大衆部(だいしゅぶ)	Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
大衆社会(たいしゅうしゃかい)	mass society
大衆小説(たいしゅうしょうせつ)	novel for the masses, popular fiction, pulp
大衆文化(たいしゅうぶんか)	mass culture, pop culture, popular culture, culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
衆院予算委員会(しゅういんよさんいいんかい)	Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai)
衆院予算委(しゅういんよさんい)	Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai)