受众 (shòu zhòng) — audience, viewers, readership

Definition

noun

audienceviewersreadership

受众。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng de shòu zhòng zhǔ yào shì nián qīng rén.
The target audience of this movie is mainly young people.
受众。
Zhè ge jié mù dé dào le shòu zhòng de xǐ ài.
This program has won the affection of the audience.
受众。
Zhè xiàng diào chá fēn xī le shòu zhòng de xū qiú.
This survey analyzed the needs of the audience.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

受 supplies receiving, 众 supplies the crowd, so it means the people who receive media.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 眾; 众 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 眾 shows three people under a sun-like shape, meaning a crowd gathered under the sun; the simplified 众 is a later shorthand.