duō

many; much; more

Type: AdjectivesHSK 1
Character origin

Two evenings (夕) stacked one on the other. The repetition signals abundance: 'many'. It's a conceptual pictograph.

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'A lot' is usually 很多 (hěn duō); 多 on its own mainly appears in questions (多少) or in compounds. It's the opposite of 少 (few).

Radicals it's made of
evening
evening
Example sentence

这里有很多人。

Zhèlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén.

There are many people here.

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