多 duō

多 duō

  • 多 duō much, many
  • 多 is an associative character with two pieces of meat (夕) being put together.
  • When creating Chinese characters, it was common to use two or three same items or things to indicate the meaning of “a lot”, “numerous”, here are two examples: 木(tree) –  林(wood) – 森(forest), and 日(sun) – 晶(crystal, radiant), etc..