大衆

See also: 大眾 and 大众

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大衆 – see 大眾 (“popular; mainstream; mass; the people; the masses; the public; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 大眾).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	衆
たい Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいしゅう [tàíshúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕɨː]

Noun

大(たい)衆(しゅう) • (taishū)

the public

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	衆
だい Grade: 1	しゅ Grade: 6
on'yomi	goon

Kanji in this term
大	衆
だい Grade: 1	す Grade: 6
on'yomi	irregular

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいしゅ [dàíshú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) だいしゅ [dáꜜìshù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠iɕɨ]

(Tokyo) だいす [dàísú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠isɨ]

Noun

大(だい)衆(しゅ) or 大(だい)衆(す) • (daishu or daisu)

(Buddhism) monks, priests

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	衆

Proper noun

大衆 • (daejung) (hangeul 대중)

hanja form^? of 대중 (“crowd; public”)