漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
群: flock, group
Also: crowd, herd, swarm, cluster
JLPT N213 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
羊 carries the meaning · 君 gives the sound
13 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
グンgun · on'yomi · in compounds
- 群衆ぐんしゅうgroup, crowd, throng, mob
- 魚群ぎょぐんschool of fish
- 一群いちぐんone group, one flock, one herd
- 抜群ばつぐんpre-eminent, outstanding
- 群生するぐんせいするgrow in a colony or group
むれるmureru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 群れるむれるflock, swarm [v.i.]
むれmure · kun'yomi
- 群れむれgroup, crowd, flock, herd
むらがるmuragaru · kun'yomi
- 群がるむらがるswarm around [v.i.]
Also read むら, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Gentle, pure, and good! This radical represents the positive traits traditionally associated with sheep—meekness, beauty, and the grace of a ritual offering.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side群 flock · 君
vs詳 detailed · 言In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qún
Same form: 群 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 群 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 群 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qún most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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