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Chinese symbol for “much”

多
duō
many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2])

The closest CC-CEDICT match for much is 多 (duō), defined as: many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “much”

WordPinyinMeaning
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
远 (遠)yuǎnfar; distant
多多duō duōmany; much
良多liáng duōconsiderably; much
非常多fēi cháng duōmuch; very many

Related words

Other words that share a character with 多.

WordPinyinMeaning
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
多数 (多數)duō shùmajority; most
多么 (多麼)duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “much”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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