• 多おおい — many / numerous
• 多分たぶん — probably / perhaps
• 多数たすう — great number / majority
• 多少たしょう — more or less / somewhat
• 多目的たもくてき — multipurpose
• 多文化たぶんか — multicultural
• 過多かた — excess / superabundance
• 幾多いくた — many / numerous
• 雑多ざった — miscellaneous / assorted

多 is formed by repeating the shape of 夕, visually suggesting accumulation. It appears in words describing quantity, frequency, probability, and diversity.