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多 duō — many, much; more; how (in questions of degree: 多大, 多远)

duō (first tone, high and level)

many, much; more; how (in questions of degree: 多大, 多远)

6 strokesRadical 夕Frequency #54
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Pinyin

  • duō (first tone, high and level)

many, much; more; how (in questions of degree: 多大, 多远)

Character breakdown

Ideographic description

⿱夕夕The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.

  • 夕meaning partno entry yetAn evening — the crescent moon with a stroke taken out of it.
  • 夕meaning partno entry yetAn evening — the crescent moon with a stroke taken out of it.

Mnemonic

Two evenings 夕 stacked one on the other: nights piling up on nights until they are many — the Shuowen’s reading, though some scholars see two slices of meat in the same shape. Set against its opposite it forms 多少, "how many"; and on its own it opens any question of degree: 多大, 多远, 多长时间.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

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