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])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕɨᵝː]

Noun

大(たい)衆(しゅう) • (taishū) 

1. 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])
• (Tokyo) だ​いしゅ [dáꜜìshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɕɨᵝ]

• (Tokyo) だいす [dàísú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠isɨᵝ]

Noun

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

1. (Buddhism) monks, priests

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	衆

Proper noun

大衆 • (daejung) (hangeul 대중)

1. Hanja form^? of 대중 (“crowd; public”).