群

See also: 羣

群	U+7FA4, 群 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA4

← 羣
[U+7FA3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

羥 →
[U+7FA5]

Translingual

Han character

群 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸口廿手 (SRTQ) or X尸口廿手 (XSRTQ), four-corner 1865₁, composition ⿰君羊)

References

KangXi: 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

trad.		群/羣
simp.		群

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (君) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
涒	*l̥ʰuːn
麏	*krun
莙	krun, ɡrunʔ, *klun
輑	*kʰrun
蜠	kʰrun, ɡrunʔ
峮	*kʰrun
窘	*ɡrunʔ
僒	*ɡrunʔ
君	*klun
桾	*klun
宭	klun, ɡlun
鮶	*klun
捃	*kluns
群	*ɡlun
羣	*ɡlun
裙	*ɡlun
裠	*ɡlun
帬	*ɡlun
焄	*qʰlun
郡	*ɡluns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qún (qun²)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˊ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чүн (čün, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiùn
Min Dong (BUC): gùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kûn
(Teochew, Peng'im): kung⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): jjyn (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qún
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyún
  - Wade–Giles: chʻün²
  - Yale: chyún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyun
  - Palladius: цюнь (cjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чүн (čün, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan⁴
  - Yale: kwàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiun²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯un¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûn
  - Tâi-lô: kûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jjyn (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑʏɲ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɡɨun/

Rime
Character	群
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠云切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiun/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gun/
Li Rong	/ɡiuən/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ur/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡlun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	群
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qún
Middle Chinese	‹ gjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ur/
English	flock, herd, group
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	群
Reading #	1/1
No.	7295
Phonetic component	君
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	羣
Old Chinese	/*ɡlun/
Notes	羣字所注或體

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 ɡɨun)
a surname

Synonyms

(group of people): 幫子／帮子 (bāngzi), 伙 (huǒ)

Compounds

Derived terms from 群

一群 (yīqún)
不群
交群
人群 (rénqún)
佼佼不群
冠群
出群
出群拔萃
卓然不群
句群
合群 (héqún)
咬群
墓群 (mùqún, “cemetery”)
子群 (zǐqún, “subgroup”)
孢子囊群
山群
成群 (chéngqún)
拔群 (báqún)
拔群出萃
拔萃出群
挺拔不群
族群 (zúqún)
星群 (xīngqún)
李群 (lǐqún)
植物群落
植群
毛群
波群
牧群 (mùqún)
生物群聚
症候群 (zhènghòuqún)
空群
羊群 (yángqún)
群下
群像 (qúnxiàng)
群力 (qúnlì)
群小
群居 (qúnjū)
群屋
群山
群峰
群性
群情 (qúnqíng)
群架 (qúnjià)
群波
群生
群策群力
群系
群聚 (qúnjù)

群育
群舞 (qúnwǔ)
群花
群芳 (qúnfāng)
群英 (qúnyīng)
群落
群起 (qúnqǐ)
群雄 (qúnxióng)
群集 (qúnjí)
群雌粥粥
群雨
群青 (qúnqīng)
群黎
胞子囊群
虎入羊群 (hǔrùyángqún)
蜂群
超俗拔群
超然不群
超群 (chāoqún)
跌宕不群
逸群
逸群之才
邑犬群吠
群后
群辟
倜儻不群／倜傥不群
傲視群倫／傲视群伦
出類拔群／出类拔群
卓爾不群／卓尔不群 (zhuó'ěrbùqún)
卓爾出群／卓尔出群
卓絕群倫／卓绝群伦
博愛濟群／博爱济群
博覽群書／博览群书 (bólǎnqúnshū)
害群之馬／害群之马 (hàiqúnzhīmǎ)
廣群芳譜／广群芳谱
愛群／爱群
拔群出類／拔群出类
推群獨步／推群独步
敬業樂群／敬业乐群 (jìngyèlèqún)
普濟群生／普济群生
樂群／乐群
機群／机群 (jīqún)
海水群飛／海水群飞
狐群狗黨／狐群狗党 (húqún-gǒudǎng)
狗黨狐群／狗党狐群
獨立不群／独立不群
矯矯不群／矫矫不群
結黨聚群／结党聚群
結黨連群／结党连群

群倫／群伦
群口鑠金／群口铄金
群島／群岛 (qúndǎo)
群彥／群彦
群從／群从
群毆／群殴 (qún'ōu)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
群組／群组 (qúnzǔ)
群經／群经 (qúnjīng)
群而不黨／群而不党 (qún'érbùdǎng)
群芳譜／群芳谱
群英會／群英会
群蟻潰堤／群蚁溃堤
群蟻附羶／群蚁附羶
群論／群论 (qúnlùn)
群賢／群贤 (qúnxián)
群輕折軸／群轻折轴
群輩／群辈
群醜／群丑
群間／群间
群雞一鶴／群鸡一鹤
群飛／群飞
群馬／群马 (Qúnmǎ)
群體／群体 (qúntǐ)
群魔亂舞／群魔乱舞 (qúnmóluànwǔ)
群龍無首／群龙无首 (qúnlóngwúshǒu)
虎蕩羊群／虎荡羊群
語群／语群
豔冠群芳／艳冠群芳
豪邁不群／豪迈不群
軼群／轶群
軼群絕類／轶群绝类
逸群絕俗／逸群绝俗
逸群絕倫／逸群绝伦
遁世離群／遁世离群
鄭氏群虎／郑氏群虎
鑼群文化／锣群文化
隨群／随群
離群／离群 (líqún)
韻府群玉／韵府群玉
領先群倫／领先群伦
馬群／马群
魚群／鱼群 (yúqún, “school”)
鵝群帖／鹅群帖
鶴立雞群／鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún)
鶴處雞群／鹤处鸡群
鶻入鴉群／鹘入鸦群
鷙鳥不群／鸷鸟不群
黨群／党群 (dǎngqún)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (群):

→ Japanese: 群(ぐん) (gun)

References

“群”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

群

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぐん (gun, Jōyō)
Kan-on: くん (kun)
Kun: むれる (mureru, 群れる, Jōyō); むら (mura, 群, Jōyō ^†); むれ (mure, 群れ, Jōyō); むらがる (muragaru, 群がる)

Compounds

群島(ぐんとう) (guntō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
群
ぐん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

群(ぐん) • (gun)

a group of people, animals, etc.
(group theory) a group

Suffix

群(ぐん) • (-gun)

group of people, animals, etc.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
群
むら Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 群 – see the following entry.

【むら】	[noun] gathering [suffix] gathering Alternative spellings 群, 叢, 簇

(This term, 群, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

群 (eumhun 무리 군 (muri gun))

Hanja form^? of 군 (“group, crowd, horde, herd, flock, folk, people, mob”). [1]
(무리질[2] 군): to crowd, flock, gather, assemble
(많을 군): multitude

References

Compare Japanese Kun 群れ (むれ, mure, "crowd").
Compare Japanese Kun 群れる (むれる, mureru, "to crowd").

Vietnamese

Han character

群: Hán Nôm readings: quần, còn, quằn, cơn

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[1] Compare Japanese Kun 群れ (むれ, mure, "crowd").

[2] Compare Japanese Kun 群れる (むれる, mureru, "to crowd").