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Translingual
Han character
群 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸口廿手 (SRTQ) or 難尸口廿手 (XSRTQ), four-corner 18651, composition ⿰君羊)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28498
- Dae Jaweon: page 1396, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3134, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7FA4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 涒
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*l̥ʰuːn
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| 麏
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*krun
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| 莙
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*krun, *ɡrunʔ, *klun
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| 輑
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*kʰrun
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| 蜠
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*kʰrun, *ɡrunʔ
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| 峮
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*kʰrun
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| 窘
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*ɡrunʔ
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| 僒
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*ɡrunʔ
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| 君
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*klun
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| 桾
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*klun
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| 宭
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*klun, *ɡlun
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| 鮶
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*klun
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| 捃
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*kluns
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| 群
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*ɡlun
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| 羣
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*ɡlun
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| 裙
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*ɡlun
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| 裠
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*ɡlun
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| 帬
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*ɡlun
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| 焄
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*qʰlun
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| 郡
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*ɡluns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡlun) : phonetic 君 (OC *klun) + semantic 羊.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-kul (“twenty; all”); cognate with 昆 (OC *kuːn, “swarming”), Tibetan ཀུན (kun, “all”), Burmese အကုန် (a.kun, “all”) (Benedict, 1972; STEDT).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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群
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qún
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjun ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ur/
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| English
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flock, herd, group
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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群
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7295
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Phonetic
component
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君
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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羣
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡlun/
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| Notes
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羣字所注或體
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Definitions
群
- group; crowd; flock; herd; pack
- multitude; many people
- (group theory) group
- (social media) group (of a group chat)
- 入群、退群 ― rùqún, tuìqún ― to join a group, to leave a group
- 群裡的dalao們／群里的dalao们 ― qúnlǐ de dàlǎomen ― all the great masters in the group
- 發錯群／发错群 ― fā cuò qún ― to post to the wrong group
- numerous; many
- Classifier for groups of people or animals: group of; flock of; herd of; pack of
- (Cantonese, often derogatory) to hang out with
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 群 (MC gjun)
- a surname
Synonyms
- (group of people): 幫子／帮子 (bāngzi), 伙 (huǒ)
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
群
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Noun
群 • (gun)
- a group of people, animals, etc.
- (group theory) a group
Suffix
群 • (-gun)
- group of people, animals, etc.
Etymology 2
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 群 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 群, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
群 (eumhun 무리 군 (muri gun))
- Hanja form? of 군 (“group, crowd, horde, herd, flock, folk, people, mob”).
- (무리질 군): to crowd, flock, gather, assemble
- (많을 군): multitude
References
Vietnamese
Han character
群: Hán Nôm readings: quần, còn, quằn, cơn
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