Ideographic: Three people 人 representing a crowdRadical:

meaning for zhòng:

  • - many
  • - numerous
  • - crowd
  • - multitude
  • - abbr. for 众议院 , House of Representativesmass
  • - multitude
  • - the massesspectators
  • - audience
  • - visitors (to an exhibition etc)numerousVolkswagen (automobile manufacturer)the masses
  • - the great bulk of the population
  • - popular (of music, science etc)