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Translingual
Han character
郡 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸口弓中 (SRNL), four-corner 17627, composition ⿰君阝)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1272, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39436
- Dae Jaweon: page 1770, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3775, character 6
- Unihan data for U+90E1
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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Etymology
Perhaps related to Tibetan ཁུལ (khul, “district; province”) (Gong, 1995).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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郡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jùn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjunH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ur-s/
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| English
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district
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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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郡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7302
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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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郡
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡluns/
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Definitions
郡
- (historical) An administrative subdivision of imperial China of various status over the centuries, usually translated as commandery or prefecture
- a kind of administrative division
- (in Japan) district (second level division that has no administrative power since 1926, only serves as geographical reference)
- (in North and South Korea) county (second level division covering rural areas)
- (in the UK) shire (former administrative area of Britain)
- 柴郡 ― cháijùn ― Cheshire
- (in Vietnam) quận
- 第八郡 [Cantonese] ― dai6 baat3 gwan6 ― District 8
- a surname
Related terms
- (governor of the commandery): 郡守 (jùnshǒu), 太守 (tàishǒu)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
郡
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- county
- district
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 郡 (MC gjunH).
Pronunciation
Noun
郡 • (gun) ←ぐん (gun)?
- county, district
Synonyms
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 郡 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 郡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Hanja
郡 (eumhun 고을 군 (go'eul gun))
- Hanja form? of 군 (“county; district”).
Vietnamese
Han character
郡: Hán Nôm readings: quận, quặn, quấn, quẩn, quạnh
- urban district (quận)
