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Kanji Information Sheet for 多 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 夕 (ゆうべ) – evening
Henshall Mnemonic: many evenings
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #139 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #139 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 多少 [たしょう]
(adj-no,adv,n) more or less; somewhat; a little; some [K] [D] [Jisho] - 滅多に [めったに]
(adv) rarely (with neg. verb); seldom [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 過多 [かた]
(adj-na,n) excess; superabundance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多数決 [たすうけつ]
(n) majority rule [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多忙 [たぼう]
(adj-na,n) busy; pressure of work [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多様 [たよう]
(adj-na,n) diversity; variety [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 多 [た]
(n,pref) multi- [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多寡 [たか]
(n) quantity; number; amount [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多角 [たかく]
(n) many-sided; versatile; polygonal; diversified [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多角的 [たかくてき]
(adj-na) multilateral; many-sided; diversified [K] [D] [Jisho] - 最多 [さいた]
(n) the most [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多額 [たがく]
(adj-na,n) large amount of money [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多岐 [たき]
(adj-na,n) digression; many divergences [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多元的 [たげんてき]
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多彩 [たさい]
(adj-na,n) variegated [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多才 [たさい]
(adj-na,n) talented [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多湿 [たしつ]
(adj-na,n) high humidity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多重 [たじゅう]
(adj-no,n) multiple [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多数 [たすう]
(n-adv,n) countless; great number; majority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大多数 [だいたすう]
(adj-no,n) great majority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多大 [ただい]
(adj-na,n) heavy; much [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多難 [たなん]
(adj-na,n) full of troubles, difficulties [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歌留多 [かるた]
(pt:) (n) playing cards (pt: carta) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多発 [たはつ]
(n) repeated occurrence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多面 [ためん]
(n) many-sided; multifaceted [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多目的 [たもくてき]
(adj-na,n) multipurpose [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多様化 [たようか]
(n,vs) diversification [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多量 [たりょう]
(adj-na,n) large quantity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 滅多 [めった]
(adj-na,n) (uk) thoughtless; reckless; seldom (neg. verb); careless [K] [D] [Jisho] - 数多く [かずおおく]
(n) in great numbers [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.