Dong Chinese dictionary

duō

much

Depicts two pieces of meat together to convey the meaning "much" or "plentiful". In ancient China meat was a rare treat. Unrelated to 夕.

Components

肉 Iconic component

ròu

meat

Depicts a piece of meat.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 肉 than it was in ancient scripts.

肉 Iconic component

ròu

meat

Depicts a piece of meat.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 肉 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

多

duō

much, many; more than, over; many; much; often; a lot of; numerous; more; in excess; how (to what extent); multi-; Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"

Most common words with 多

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	多	many
	多少	number
	许多	many
	好多	many
	多久	how long?

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (3 verified)

夠够夥侈奓

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

季旭昇《說文新證》p.557

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