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衆 means 'populace'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 759   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-5    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 41 words   Used in 141 words   Used in 39 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   シュウ   シュ
Additional readings
Kun    おおい masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
Components
⿱  血 blood  乑 three men  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 衆 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 衆 is used 133 times, read 2 ways.
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シュウ : 117 words FIND ALL
た い し ゅ う 0 た い し ゅ う 1
general public; the masses
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シュ : 16 words FIND ALL
し ゅ 1
Most common form: しゅう
noun
1. great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses  (opposite: 寡)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. people; folk; clique; bunch  (honorific; familiar language)
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An additional 8 less common words include 衆 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 901 (originally: 705)  Joy o' Kanji : 705  Key to Kanji: 490 

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衆
シュウ   シュ    populace, multitude   
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血
ケツ   ち blood   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
皿
さら dish   
乑
three men
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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