Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 5
多 many
- Meaning
- many
- On reading
- タ
- Kun reading
- おお(い)
Memory hook
夕 (evening) stacked on 夕 (evening). Evening after evening: they add up. タ in compounds, おお(い) on its own.
Words that use 多
多い
おおい
many
多分
たぶん
probably
How to write 多
Stroke order · 6 strokes
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2
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6
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. Horizontal, then sweep down to the left.
- 3. A short dot at the top centre.
- 4. The sweep down to the left.
- 5. Horizontal, then sweep down to the left.
- 6. A short dot at the middle centre.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
多 is taught on day 12 of the kanji course, alongside 少 高 安, with two writing passes and a short quiz.