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许多

xǔduō

many; a lot of

A person beside many apples
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Characters in this word

许 xǔ

Strokes
6
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 午 noon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 许

多 duō

Strokes
6
Radical
夕 — evening, night, dusk
Made of
夕 evening, night, dusk 夕 evening, night, dusk
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这里有许多人。 Zhè lǐ yǒu xǔ duō rén. Many people are here.
  • 我有许多书。 Wǒ yǒu xǔ duō shū. I have a lot of books.
  • 许多孩子来了。 Xǔ duō hái zi lái le. Many children came.

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