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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)

components: 君 羊

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:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
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

WordPinyinMeaning
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)