眾

Glyph origin

 * a sun above three humans  – people gathered or working under the sun.

The top, originally in oracle script has been modified, in bronze script resembling instead a horizontal eye (early form of ) – reinterpreted as “a crowd under someone’s gaze”, and now resembles.

The bottom, originally three figures (人人人), uses various forms of and, with variation depending on font.

Etymology 1
Possibly from 🇨🇬 (STEDT); if so, cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Alternatively, compares this word with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) masses; people; multitude; crowd; everyone
 * 2)  everything; all matters
 * 3)  all the government officials
 * 4)  soldier; army; troops
 * 5)  slave labour in agriculture
 * 6)  number of monks
 * 7) many; numerous
 * 8)  majority
 * 9)  various; different
 * 10)  general; common
 * 11) 32nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "legion" (𝌥)
 * 1)  majority
 * 2)  various; different
 * 3)  general; common
 * 4) 32nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "legion" (𝌥)
 * 1) 32nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "legion" (𝌥)

Definitions

 * 1)  glutinous millet