masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
衆 centers on a large gathering of people: the masses, a multitude, or the populace as a collective body.
衆 combines 血 (blood) with 乑, a variant of 众 (crowd), suggesting people connected by blood or lineage, hence a multitude or populace.
The top is 血 (blood) and the bottom looks like many people standing together. Imagine a bloodline connecting a vast multitude of people, forming the populace.
For シュウ, picture a huge crowd of people all wearing the same shoe: shoe -> シュウ, and the masses are united by their matching footwear.
general public; the masses
people; populace; masses
the public; general public
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
United States of America
federation; federal state
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
audience; attendance; hearers
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
young man; youth; lad
the people; the public
audience; congregation
all eyes; public attention
male homosexuality; pederasty
the vulgar masses
young person; young man; young woman