群
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group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #431 U+7FA4
How 群 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
羊 (semantic, “sheep”) + 君 (phonetic, jūn)
How to remember it
crowd · Heisig RSH #961
君 monarch + 羊 sheep
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 君
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 君 (jūn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君 sound component | jūn | sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief |
| 裙 | qún | skirt, petticoat, apron |
| 郡 | jùn | county, region, administrative division |
| 窘 | jiǒng | distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed |
| 捃 | jùn | to gather, to sort |
Words containing 群
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高发人群 | gāo fā rén qún | (medicine) high-risk group |
| 马德拉群岛 | Mǎ dé lā Qún dǎo | Madeira; the Madeira Islands |
| 生物群 | shēng wù qún | biota |
| 斯普拉特利群岛 | Sī pǔ lā tè lì Qún dǎo | see 南沙群島|南沙群岛[Nan2 sha1 Qun2 dao3] |
| 西南中沙群岛 | Xī Nán Zhōng shā Qún dǎo | Paracel, Spratly, and Zhongsha Islands, in the South China Sea, whose ownership is dispute… |
| 化石群 | huà shí qún | fossil assemblage |
| 主车群 | zhǔ chē qún | peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race) |
| 北马里亚纳群岛 | Běi Mǎ lǐ yà nà Qún dǎo | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 马尔维纳斯群岛 | Mǎ ěr wéi nà sī Qún dǎo | Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands) |
| 马利亚纳群岛 | Mǎ lì yà nà Qún dǎo | Mariana Islands in the Pacific |
| 马里亚纳群岛 | Mǎ lǐ yà nà Qún dǎo | Mariana Islands in the Pacific |
| 火地群岛 | Huǒ dì Qún dǎo | Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia |
| 三五成群 | sān wǔ chéng qún | in groups of three or four (idiom) |
| 加罗林群岛 | Jiā luó lín Qún dǎo | Caroline Islands |
| 法罗群岛 | Fǎ luó Qún dǎo | Faroe Islands |
| 子群 | zǐ qún | subgroup (math.) |
| 人群 | rén qún | crowd |
| 群山 | qún shān | mountains; a range of hills |
| 群体性事件 | qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn | mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and peti… |
| 群马 | Qún mǎ | Gunma (prefecture in Japan) |