多 – many, frequent, much

6 strokesTaught in grade 2#139 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 多 means many, frequent, much. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タ (ta); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おお.い、まさ.に、まさ.る (ooi, masani, masaru). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 夕 (no. 36).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タ	ta
Kun’yomi	おお.い	ooi
Kun’yomi	まさ.に	masani
Kun’yomi	まさ.る	masaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 夕 (Kangxi radical 36). Components: 夕.

Words using 多

多いおおいmany多分たぶんprobably多少たしょうa little滅多にめったにrarely多忙たぼうbeing very busy多様たようdiverse多数決たすうけつmajority decision幾多いくたmany

Example sentences

２０代の若い女性の中には、夏休みに海外旅行にでたいと思う人も多い。

Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.

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今朝は空気が多少冷たい。

The air feels somewhat cold this morning.

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スープに多少の塩が必要だと思う。

I think the soup needs a bit of salt.

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Kanji with the same radical

外夜夕夢

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