Populace

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 徴 (Indication), less common than 占 (Fortune).

Blood on top drips down onto an elephant below -- the blood of an entire populace stains the elephant they ride, representing the masses.

In words

衆しゅう masses;great number;the peopleN1

公衆こうしゅう the publicN2

大衆たいしゅう general publicN1

衆 is rank 943 of 2,608 in published Japanese.