多

多 in English

duō adjective, verb, pronoun, numeral, adverb HSK 1: 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-

Measure word

个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 多 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 多

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

很多人学日语是为了看漫画。

Many people study Japanese so they can read manga.
“你说得太多了，”他说道。

"You talk too much," he said.
Bill的朋友很多。

Bill has many friends.
Fabien有很多好点子。

Fabien has a lot of good ideas.
Ken有比你更多的书。

Ken has more books than you.
Maria花很多钱买衣服。

Maria spends a lot of money on clothes.
Pierre电脑里有很多盗版软件。

Pierre has a lot of pirated software on his computer.
Tatoeba：因为从来不能遇到够多的法国人。

Tatoeba: Because you can't meet enough frenchies.

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